{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1703.02","heading":"Intent to exercise: determining intent from residuary clause.","body":"(a)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term:\n(1)\n\"Residuary clause\" does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket-exercise clause or a specific-exercise clause.\n(2)\n\"Will\" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will.\n\n(b)\nA 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(1)\nThe terms of the instrument containing the residuary clause do not manifest a contrary intent;\n(2)\nThe power is a general power exercisable in favor of the powerholder's estate;\n(3)\nThere is no gift-in-default clause or the clause is ineffective; and\n(4)\nThe powerholder did not release the power.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 17. Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.","Subchapter III. Exercise of Power of Appointment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1703.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8d1452162d5b549251c27a056af8fea1a9e92e03d72a6bb27e42c2a5cc58a79d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}