Missouri Laws 456.1100 – Creditor claim — general power created by powerholder
1. As used in this section, “power of appointment created by the powerholder” includes a power of appointment created in a transfer by another person to the extent the powerholder contributed value to the transfer.
2. Appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or of the powerholder’s estate to the extent provided in chapter 428.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 456.1100
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. Subject to subsection 2 of this section, appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is not subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate:
(1) To the extent the powerholder irrevocably appointed the property in favor of a person other than the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate; and
(2) If the power is not presently exercisable.
4. Subject to subdivision (1) of subsection 3 of this section, and notwithstanding the presence of a spendthrift provision or whether the claim arose before or after the creation of the power of appointment, appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder to the same extent as if the powerholder owned the appointive property, if the power is presently exercisable.