Wisconsin § 702.305 Permissible appointment.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 702.305 — Permissible appointment.

Wisconsin § 702.305

Ch. 702Uniform powers of appointment act

Subch.subch. III of ch. 702 SUBCHAPTER III

EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT

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Wis. Stat. § 702.305 (2026).

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305(1) (1) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment to the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or creating a new power of appointment, that the powerholder could make in disposing of the powerholder’s own property.
305(2) (2) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment only to the creditors of the powerholder or the creditors of the powerholder’s estate may appoint only to those creditors.
305(3) (3) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the powerholder of a nongeneral power of appointment may do any of the following:
305(3)(a) (a) Make an appointment in any form, including an appointmen

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702.305
702.305(1) (1) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment to the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or creating a new power of appointment, that the powerholder could make in disposing of the powerholder’s own property.
702.305(2) (2) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment only to the creditors of the powerholder or the creditors of the powerholder’s estate may appoint only to those creditors.
702.305(3) (3) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the powerholder of a nongeneral power of appointment may do any of the following:
702.305(3)(a) (a) Make an appointment in any form, including an appointment in trust, in favor of a permissible appointee.
702.305(3)(b) (b) Create a general or nongeneral power of appointment in a permissible appointee that may be exercisable in favor of persons other than permissible appointees of the original nongeneral power of appointment.
702.305(3)(c) (c) Create a nongeneral power of appointment in any person to appoint to one or more of the permissible appointees of the original nongeneral power of appointment.