{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-7-306","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-7-306","heading":"Appointment to deceased appointee or permissible appointee's descendant.","body":"(1) Subject to the antilapse provisions of 72-2-613, an appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective.\n(2) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, 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.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 7. UNIFORM POWERS OF APPOINTMENT ACT","Part 3. Exercise of Power of Appointment"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0070/part_0030/section_0060/0720-0070-0030-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:09Z","sha256":"c379a086ebe98e0599e56c86d4946e17e109466a45bcd6b8d4490e777fc48b6a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-7-305","next":"us-mt/72-7-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}