{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-309","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-2.5-309","heading":"Capture doctrine - disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.","body":"(1) To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:\n\n(a) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or\n\n(b) If there is no gift-in-default clause, or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:\n\n(I) Passes to:\n\n(A) The powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or\n\n(B) If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or\n\n(II) If there is no taker under subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or to the donor's transferee or successor in interest.","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":"fd33ec016a8ba94eb366cf2b7f2ba68cfd93f401ac58c560a13d76fb93f056ba","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-308","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}