Section 456.1040 - Appointment to deceased appointee or permissible appointee's descendant1. An appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective.2. 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 and whether or not the descendant of a deceased permissible appointee was alive at the time of the execution of the instrument creating the power or at the time of the exercise of the power.Added by 2016 Mo. Laws, HB 1765,s A, eff. 8/28/2016.