{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1020","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.1020","heading":"Intent to exercise — determining intent from residuary clause.","body":"1. As used in this section:\n(1) \"Residuary clause\" does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket-exercise clause or a specific-exercise clause; and\n(2) \"Will\" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will.\n2. A residuary clause in a powerholder's will or a comparable clause in the powerholder's revocable trust manifests the powerholder's intent to exercise a power of appointment only if:\n(1) The power is a general power exercisable in favor of the powerholder's estate;\n(2) There is no gift-in-default clause or the clause is ineffective; and\n(3) The powerholder did not release the power.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 456 - Trusts and Trustees — The Uniform Trust Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=456.1020","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"f5fdca7ee4e05b3c850571653cde1c37c56a9f48df0e2b8e3669077015f3cc56","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1015","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}