RCW 11.95A.902
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(1)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on and after January 1, 2022:
(a)This chapter applies to a power of appointment created before, on, or after January 1, 2022;
(b)This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced on or after January 1, 2022;
(c)This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced before January 1, 2022, unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this chapter would interfere substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice a right of a party, in which case the particular provision of this chapter does not apply and the superseded law applies;
(d)A rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to an instrument executed before January 1, 2022, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the instrument; and
(e)Except as otherwise provided in
(a)through
(d)of this subsection, an action done before January 1, 2022, is not affected by this chapter.
(2)If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a prescribed period that commenced under law of this state other than this chapter before January 1, 2022, the law continues to apply to the right.
[ 2021 c 140 s 3603 .]