DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 100-890›PART 14. POWERS OF APPOINTMENT 600-695›CHAPTER 4. Exercise of Powers of Appointment 625-662›ARTICLE 3. Donee’s Required Intent 640-642
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California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) A general residuary clause in a will, or a will making general disposition of all the testator’s property, does not exercise a power of appointment held by the testator unless specific reference is made to the power or there is some other indication of intent to exercise the power.
(b) This section applies in a case where the powerholder dies on or after July 1, 1982.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 81, Sec. 9. (AB 2846) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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