{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-7-309","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-7-309","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:\n(i) the powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or\n(ii) if the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or\n(b) if there is no taker under subsection (2)(a), passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.","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_0090/0720-0070-0030-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:09Z","sha256":"637271375014e0f04a97a0578e28844018c6277ec19165e811d6b27e6ab3ee14","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-7-308","next":"us-mt/72-7-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}