{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-302","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-2.5-302","heading":"Intent to exercise - determining intent from residuary clause.","body":"(1) In this section:\n\n(a) \"Residuary clause\" does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket-exercise clause or a specific-exercise clause.\n\n(b) \"Will\" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will.\n\n(2) A residuary clause in a powerholder's will, or a comparable clause in the powerholder's revocable trust, manifests the powerholder's intent to exercise a power of appointment only if:\n\n(a) The terms of the instrument containing the residuary clause do not manifest a contrary intent;\n\n(b) The power is a general power exercisable in favor of the powerholder's estate;\n\n(c) There is no gift-in-default clause or the clause is ineffective; and\n\n(d) The powerholder did not release the power.","path":["Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Article 2.5 - Uniform Powers of Appointment Act","Part 3 - EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-15.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"233cfe04db4606b7d1db334df767bf8ba74c861ad010d9a0b5988dff2f45b36f","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-301","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}