31A-10. Powers of appointment and revocation.
(a) As to any exercise in the will of the decedent of a power of appointment in favor of the slayer, the slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent and the slayer shall not acquire any property or receive any benefit by virtue of such appointment and the appointed property shall pass in accordance with the applicable lapse statute, if any.
(b) Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent; and property so held by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons shall pass to such person or persons or in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the slayer. (1961, c. 210, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 31A - Acts Barring Property Rights
Article 3 - Willful and Unlawful Killing of Decedent.
§ 31A-4 - Slayer barred from testate or intestate succession and other rights.
§ 31A-5 - Recodified as G.S41-64(b) by Session Laws 2020-50, s1(b), effective June 30, 2020.
§ 31A-6 - Survivorship property.
§ 31A-7 - Reversions and vested remainders.
§ 31A-8 - Contingent remainders and executory interests.
§ 31A-9 - Divesting of interests in property.
§ 31A-10 - Powers of appointment and revocation.
§ 31A-11 - Insurance benefits.