To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend 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 deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or (b) If there is no taker under (a) of this subsection, passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.
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