2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, And Fiduciaries
Article 2.5. Uniform Powers of Appointment Act
Section 15-2.5-306. Appointment to deceased appointee or permissible appointee's descendant.

(1) An appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective.

(2) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, a powerholder of a nongeneral power may exercise the power in favor of, or create a new power of appointment in, a descendant of a deceased permissible appointee, which deceased appointee is a descendant of one or more of the grandparents of the donor, regardless of whether the descendant is described by the donor as a permissible appointee.

Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1353), ch. 209, p. 777, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.

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