Illinois Code § 760 ILCS 3/1318

Capture doctrine: disposition of ineffectively appointed property under general power.
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To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to revoke, amend, or withdraw property from a trust, makes an ineffective appointment:

 
 
(1) the gift-in-default clause controls the 
 
disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or 
 
 
(2) if there is no gift-in-default clause or to the 
 
extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property: 
 
 
 
(A) passes to:

 
 
 
 
(i) the powerholder if the powerholder is a 
 
 
 
permissible appointee and living; or 
 
 
 
 
(ii) if the powerholder is an impermissible 
 
 
 
appointee or not living, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or 
 
 
 
(B) if there is no taker under subparagraph (A), 
 
 
passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest. 

disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or
extent the clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed property:
permissible appointee and living; or
appointee or not living, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or
passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.

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