{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1060","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.1060","heading":"Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power.","body":"To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, and except as provided in subsection 3 of section 456.995:\n(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or\n(2) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective:\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the unappointed property passes to:\na. The powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or\nb. If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or\n(b) To the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the unappointed property 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=456.1060","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"f53988fb8c2bd12a20649c9f7a8b1670c39cd1c36f15a89e1eae95ee0e7b2f70","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1055","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}