North Carolina General Statutes 31D-3-311. Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power
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To the extent that a power holder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment:
(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 31D-3-311
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) If there is no gift-in-default clause, or to the extent that the clause is ineffective, the unappointed property:
a. Passes to the permissible appointees, if both of the following apply:
1. The permissible appointees are defined and limited.
2. The terms of the instrument creating the power do not manifest a contrary intent.
b. If there is no taker under sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest. (2015-205, s. 3(a).)