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Appointment to deceased appointee or permissible appointee's descendant.
(1) Subject to RCW
11.12.110 and
11.12.120, an appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective.
(2) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, a powerholder of a nongeneral power may exercise the power in favor of, or create a new power of appointment in, a descendant of a deceased permissible appointee whether or not the descendant is described by the donor as a permissible appointee.