To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke or amend a trust:

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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:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the unappointed property passes to:

(1) The powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or

(2) If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder’s estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or

(b) To the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under paragraph (a), the unappointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.