To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust: (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: (a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, the unappointed property 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) To the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under (a) of this subsection, the unappointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.
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