KRS § 390.150 Permissible appointment.

390.150 Permissible appointment. (1) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment to the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or creating a new power of appointment, that the powerholder could make in disposing of the powerholder’s own property. (2) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment only to the creditors of the powerholder or of the powerholder's estate is restricted to appointing to those creditors. (3) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the powerholder of a nongeneral power may: (a) Make an appointment in any form, including an appointment in trust, in favor of a permissible appointee; (b) Create a general power in a permissible appointee; or (c) Create a nongeneral power in any permissible appointee to appoint to such persons as the powerholder chooses, including persons who are not permissible appointees of the original nongeneral power. Effective: July 15, 2020 History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2020.