1. (a) 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:

   1. (1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or

   2. (2) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:

      1. (A) Passes to:

         1. (i) The powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or
         2. (ii) If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or
      2. (B) If there is no taker under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.

History

Mar. 7, 2025, D.C. Law 25-265, § 2(b)