{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1705.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1705.01","heading":"Creditor claim: general power created by powerholder.","body":"(a)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term \"power of appointment created by the powerholder\" includes a power of appointment created in a transfer by another person to the extent the powerholder contributed value to the transfer.\n\n(b)\nAppointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or of the powerholder's estate to the extent provided in §§ 28-3101 to 28-3111.\n\n(c)\nSubject to subsection (b) of this section, appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is not subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder's estate to the extent the powerholder irrevocably appointed the property in favor of a person other than the powerholder or the powerholder's estate.\n\n(d)\nSubject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and notwithstanding the presence of a spendthrift provision or whether the claim arose before or after the creation of the power of appointment, appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of:\n(1)\nThe powerholder, to the same extent as if the powerholder owned the appointive property, if the power is presently exercisable; and\n(2)\nThe powerholder's estate, to the extent the estate is insufficient to satisfy the claim and subject to the right of a decedent to direct the source from which liabilities are paid, if the power is exercisable at the powerholder's death.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 17. Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.","Subchapter V. Rights of Powerholder's Creditors in Appointive Property."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1705.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"5e8889996b674fd9c225d80dc918625f55575146d2378482bbaddc46768782e4","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1704.07","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1705.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}