Title 19 — Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
11 chapters · 244 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 19-901 Statutory rule against perpetuities
2.2K chars
(a) A nonvested property interest is invalid unless: (1) When the interest is created, it is certain to vest or terminate no later than 21 years after the death of an individual then alive; or (2) The interest either vests or terminates within 90 years after its creation. (b) A g…
D.C. Code § 19-902 When nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created
1.0K chars
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and in section 19-905(a), the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law. (b) For purposes of this chapter, if there is a pers…
D.C. Code § 19-903 Reformation
0.7K chars
Upon the petition of an interested person, a court shall reform a disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor’s manifested plan of distribution and is within the 90 years allowed by section 19-901(a)(2) , (b)(2), or (c)(2) if: (1) A nonvested property …
D.C. Code § 19-904 Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities
3.4K chars
(a) Section 19-901 does not apply to: (1) A nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of a nondonative transfer, except a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of: (A) A premarital or postmarital agreement; (B) A separation or d…
D.C. Code § 19-905 Prospective application
1.2K chars
(a) Except as extended by subsection (b) of this section, this chapter applies to a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment that is created on or after the effective date of this chapter [April 27, 2001]. For purposes of this section, a nonvested property interest o…
D.C. Code § 19-906 Supersession
0.1K chars
This chapter supersedes the rule of the common law known as the rule against perpetuities.
D.C. Code § 19-907 Uniformity of application and construction
0.2K chars
In applying and construing this Uniform Act [this chapter], consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter among states enacting it.