A. A power of appointment is created only if: (1) the instrument creating the power: (a) is valid under applicable law; and (b) except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, transfers the appointive property; and (2) the terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor's intent to create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive property exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee. B. Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this section does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment by the exercise of a power of appointment. C. A power of appointment shall not be created in a deceased individual. D. Subject to the provisions of Section 45-2-901 NMSA 1978, a power of appointment may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder. History: Laws 2016, ch. 69, § 201. Effective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 69, § 727B made Laws 2016, ch. 69, §§ 101 through 603 and 724 effective January 1, 2017.
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