{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.985","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.985","heading":"Act to govern powers — exceptions.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of an instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment, sections 456.970 to 456.1135 govern powers of appointment.\n2. The terms of an instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment prevail over any provisions of sections 456.970 to 456.1135 except:\n(1) The requisites for the creation of a power of appointment under subsections 1 to 4 of section 456.990;\n(2) The transferability of a power of appointment by a powerholder under subsection 1 of section 456.995;\n(3) The limitations on the authority of a donor to extend a general power of appointment beyond the death of a powerholder under subsection 3 of section 456.995;\n(4) The power is exclusionary if the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited under subsection 3 of section 456.1005;\n(5) The requisites for the exercise of a power of appointment under section 456.1015;\n(6) The effect of an impermissible appointment under section 456.1045;\n(7) A general power of appointment which is presently exercisable may be reached by the creditors of the powerholder or the powerholder's estate under section 456.1100.","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=456.985","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"88dcf359d8170b1f1091629a933469c27fa029a349589c902690ef759e6b964a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.980","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.990"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}