Wisconsin Code § 702.309

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 withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust,
makes an ineffective appointment, all of the following apply:
(1) The gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the
ineffectively appointed property.
(2) (a) If there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the
gift-in-default clause is ineffective, the ineffectively appointed
property passes to one of the following:
1. If the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living,
the powerholder.
2. If the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder’s estate if the estate is a permissible
appointee.
(b) If there is no taker under par. (a), the ineffectively appointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor
or the donor’s transferee or successor in interest.

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