{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1040","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.1040","heading":"Appointment to deceased appointee or permissible appointee's descendant.","body":"1. An appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective.\n2. A powerholder of a nongeneral power may exercise the power in favor of, or create a new power of appointment in, a descendant of a deceased permissible appointee whether or not the descendant is described by the donor as a permissible appointee and whether or not the descendant of a deceased permissible appointee was alive at the time of the execution of the instrument creating the power or at the time of the exercise of 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=456.1040","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"28286f0b256b4de7c7be9acdc068b3eb5fce0377b7a4e89aa4f06c33818f34ea","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1035","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}