D.C. Code § 19-1702.04: Exception to presumption of unlimited authority.

(a)

Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is nongeneral if:

(1)

The power is exercisable only at the powerholder's death; and

(2)

The permissible appointees of the power are a defined and limited class that does not include the powerholder's estate, the powerholder's creditors, or the creditors of the powerholder's estate.