{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.09","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1703.09","heading":"Capture doctrine: disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.","body":"(a)\nTo 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(1)\nThe gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or\n(2)\nIf there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:\n(A)\nPasses to:\n(i)\nThe powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or\n(ii)\nIf the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or\n(B)\nIf there is no taker under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.","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/19-1703.09","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"2930a2db08224f0a874d84b91d1e63178fdf7efbc0bddd3941b90d04c7ce6e7f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.08","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}