{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1705.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1705.04","heading":"Creditor claim: nongeneral power.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, appointive property subject to a nongeneral power of appointment is exempt from a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder's estate.\n\n(b)\nAppointive property subject to a nongeneral power of appointment is subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder's estate to the extent that the powerholder owned the property and, reserving the nongeneral power, transferred the property in violation of §§ 28-3101 to 28-3111.\n\n(c)\nIf the initial gift in default of appointment is to the powerholder or the powerholder's estate, a nongeneral power of appointment is treated for purposes of this subchapter as a general power.","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/19-1705.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6b3023ceb37a915b233afb26b8c0b0a83f029891be552daa738d198a86114fbc","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1705.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1706.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}