A. As used in this section, “power of appointment created by the powerholder” includes a power of appointment created in a transfer by another person to the extent that the powerholder contributed value to the transfer.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 46-11-501

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

B. Appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or of the powerholder’s estate to the extent provided in the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act N.M. Stat. Ann. § 56-10-14 to 56-10-29.

C. Subject to Subsection B of this section, appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is not subject to a claim of a creditor

of the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate to the extent the powerholder irrevocably appointed the property in favor of a person other than the powerholder or the powerholder’s estate.

D. Subject to Subsections B and C of this section, and notwithstanding the presence of a spendthrift provision or whether the claim arose before or after the creation of the power of appointment, appointive property subject to a general power of appointment created by the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of:

(1)     the powerholder, to the same extent as if the powerholder owned the appointive property, if the power is presently exercisable; and

(2)     the powerholder’s estate, to the extent the estate is insufficient to satisfy the claim and subject to the right of a decedent to direct the source from which liabilities are paid, if the power is exercisable at the powerholder’s death.