Montana § 72-7-311 - Disposition Of Unappointed Property Under Released Or Unexercised Nongeneral Power
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 72-7-311 — Disposition Of Unappointed Property Under Released Or Unexercised Nongeneral Power, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 72-7-311. Disposition Of Unappointed Property Under Released Or Unexercised Nongeneral Power
Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power. To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment: (1) the gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or (2) if there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the unappointed property: (a) passes to the permissible appointees if: (i) the permissible appointees are defined and limited; and (ii) the terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent; or (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.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 72-7-311 ("Disposition Of Unappointed Property Under Released Or Unexercised Nongeneral Power") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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