{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-7-311","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-7-311","heading":"Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power.","body":"To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment:\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, the unappointed property:\n(a) passes to the permissible appointees if:\n(i) the permissible appointees are defined and limited; and\n(ii) the terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent; 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_0110/0720-0070-0030-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:09Z","sha256":"7255aab41c96db22b0c3a643d1db70128659e23395459af64f845c5ab12cc64f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-7-310","next":"us-mt/72-7-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}