Exception to presumption of unlimited authority

D.C. Code § 19-1702.04, under Creation, Revocation, and Amendment of Power of Appointment..

D.C. Code § 19-1702.04

(a) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is nongeneral if: (1) The power is exercisable only at the powerholder's death; and (2) The permissible appointees of the power are a defined and limited class that does not include the powerholder's estate, the powerholder's creditors, or the creditors of the powerholder's estate.