Power of Appointment – July 2022
Power of Appointment is a provision within a trust document which provides a beneficiary, in many cases the surviving spouse, with the authority to name (assign) or change the ultimate beneficiaries.
Wow, this sounds great…..or does it?
A Power of Appointment provision can be a great feature, if it is a grantor’s desire to allow for the powerholder to have flexibility in terms of who gets the money next….