Montana Code 72-7-501. Creditor claim — general power created by powerholder
72-7-501. Creditor claim — general power created by powerholder. (1) 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.
Terms Used In Montana Code 72-7-501
- Appointive property: means the property or property interest subject to a power of appointment. See Montana Code 72-7-102
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- General power of appointment: means a power of appointment exercisable in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder's estate. See Montana Code 72-7-102
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Person: means an individual, estate, trust, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. 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
(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 the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, 31-2-326 through 31-2-342, and in 70-20-401, 70-20-402, and 70-20-405.
(3)Subject to subsection (2), 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 to the extent the powerholder irrevocably appointed the property in favor of a person other than the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate.
(4)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) 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:
(a)the powerholder, to the same extent as if the powerholder owned the appointive property, if the power is presently exercisable; and
(b)the powerholder’s estate, to the extent the estate is insufficient to satisfy the claim and subject to the right of a decedent to direct the source from which liabilities are paid, if the power is exercisable at the powerholder’s death.