{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.06","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1703.06","heading":"Appointment to deceased appointee or permissible appointee's descendant.","body":"(a)\nSubject to § 18-308, an appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective.\n\n(b)\nUnless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, a powerholder of a nongeneral power may exercise the power in favor of, or create a new power of appointment in, a descendant of a deceased permissible appointee whether or not the descendant is described by the donor as a permissible appointee.","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/19-1703.06","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ec7643f5ca518d14fd1906a1e683b6a09828ee1457f7de28429e10399a42cb04","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.05","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}