Illinois Code § 760 ILCS 3/1320

Disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power.
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To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment:

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

 
 
 
 
(i) the permissible appointees are defined 
 
 
 
and limited; and 
 
 
 
 
(ii) the terms of the instrument creating 
 
 
 
the power do not manifest a contrary intent; 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 unappointed property; or
extent the clause is ineffective, the unappointed property:
and limited; and
the power do not manifest a contrary intent; or
passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.

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