GroundRules
D.C. Code § 19-1702.05: Rules of classification.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 17. Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.
- Subchapter II. Creation, Revocation, and Amendment of Power of Appointment.
(a)
In this section, the term "adverse party" means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a powerholder's exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder's estate.
(b)
If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral.
(c)
If the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited, the power is exclusionary.
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