{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-310","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-2.5-310","heading":"Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power.","body":"(1) To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust:\n\n(a) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or\n\n(b) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective:\n\n(I) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b), the unappointed property 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) To the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), the unappointed property 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":"6623139a0789d5d7795882bd3ab18f240a766a72dbe976ee2480e3dae4bfc5fa","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-309","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}