72-7-308. Selective allocation doctrine. If a powerholder exercises a power of appointment in a disposition that also disposes of property the powerholder owns, the owned property and the appointive property must be allocated in the permissible manner that best carries out the powerholder’s intent.

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Terms Used In Montana Code 72-7-308

  • Appointive property: means the property or property interest subject to a power of appointment. See Montana Code 72-7-102
  • Power of appointment: means a power that enables a powerholder acting in a nonfiduciary capacity to designate a recipient of an ownership interest in or another power of appointment over the appointive property. See Montana Code 72-7-102
  • Powerholder: means a person in whom a donor creates a power of appointment. See Montana Code 72-7-102
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205