Alaska Statutes: AS 13.12.608. Exercise of Power of Appointment.

Alaska Statutes. Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts. Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers Section 608. Exercise of Power of Appointment.

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AS 13.12.608. Exercise of Power of Appointment.

In the absence of a requirement that a power of appointment be exercised by a reference, or by an express or specific reference, to the power, a general residuary clause in a will, or a will making general disposition of all of the testator's property, expresses an intention to exercise a power of appointment held by the testator only if
(1) the power is a general power and the creating instrument does not contain a gift if the power is not exercised; or
(2) the testator's will manifests an intention to include the property subject to the power.

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