{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-702.309","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 702.309","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, all of the following apply:\n(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property.\n(2)\n(a) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the gift-in-default clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property passes to one of the following:\n1. If the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living, the powerholder.\n2. If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder’s estate if the estate is a permissible appointee.\n(b) If there is no taker under par. (a), the ineffectively appointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.","path":["Chapter 702 Uniform Powers Of Appointment Act","SUBCHAPTER III EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/702.309","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:34Z","sha256":"9f16b647e278a02a7dcb0a54ee427ee94c0b042baa431b1fcf105171cb6da0c7","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-702.308","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-702.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}