{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1706.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1706.03","heading":"Application to existing relationships.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in this chapter, on and after [March 7, 2025], the following rules apply:\n(1)\nThis chapter applies to a power of appointment created before, on, or after [March 7, 2025];\n(2)\nThis chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced on or after [March 7, 2025];\n(3)\nThis chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced before [March 7, 2025] unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this chapter would interfere substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice a right of a party, in which case the particular provision of this chapter does not apply and the superseded law applies;\n(4)\nA rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to an instrument executed before [March 7, 2025] unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the instrument; and\n(5)\nExcept as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection, an action done before [March 7, 2025] is not affected by this chapter.\n\n(b)\nIf a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a prescribed period that commenced under law of the District of Columbia other than this chapter before [March 7, 2025], the law continues to apply to the right.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 17. Uniform Powers of Appointment Code.","Subchapter VI. Miscellaneous Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1706.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7588fdd627c148bbb12a7f2dfe6b1afff25a15ab86c9be0210628633576eeb9b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1706.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}