Appointment to taker in default

D.C. Code § 19-1703.13, under Exercise of Power of Appointment..

D.C. Code § 19-1703.13

If a powerholder makes an appointment to a taker in default of appointment and the appointee would have taken the property under a gift-in-default clause had the property not been appointed, the power of appointment is deemed not to have been exercised and the appointee takes under the clause.