{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1055","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.1055","heading":"Capture doctrine — disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.","body":"To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:\n(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or\n(2) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:\n(a) Passes to the powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or\n(b) If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, passes to the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or\n(c) If there is no taker under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.","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=456.1055","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"ca8b0d4b6ab9050bc4e6ddd6a393d70bb709cde206e1f84ae74bd8825475e522","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1050","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}