{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.10","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1703.10","heading":"Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power.","body":"(a)\nTo 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(1)\nThe gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or\n(2)\nIf there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective:\n(A)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the unappointed property passes 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)\nTo the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the unappointed property 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/19-1703.10","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"2f6538658d899070c2ecfa18858dfa38cfde5a7000cd19115c7f33e631caa31f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.09","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1703.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}