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§ 46-11-309 NMSA 1978

Capture doctrine; disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power

Known as the Uniform Powers of Appointment Act

The act spans §§ 46–46 (38 sections).

Laws 2016, ch. 69, § 309.

To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:

A. the gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or

B. if there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:

(1) passes to:

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

(b) if the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or

(2) if there is no taker under Paragraph (1) of this subsection, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.