Time of Creation of Nonvested Property Interest or Power of Appointment

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  1. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section and in subsection (a) of Code Section 44-6-205, the time of creation of a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment is determined under general principles of property law.
  2. For purposes of this article, if there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of:
    1. A nonvested property interest; or
    2. A property interest subject to a power of appointment described in subsection (b) or (c) of Code Section 44-6-201,

      the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.

  3. For purposes of this article, a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising from a transfer of property to a previously funded trust or other existing property arrangement is created when the nonvested property interest or power of appointment in the original contribution was created.

(Code 1981, §44-6-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1837, § 2.)


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