Carmichael v. Heggie

GOOLSBY, Judge:

Doris Carmichael appeals a determination by the trial court that she cannot presently exercise a power of appointment to convey a fee simple interest in a tract of farm land to her son. We affirm.1

Facts and Procedural Background

In his last will and testament, William Boyd Carmichael named his wife Doris executor of his estate and gave her a life estate in his undivided half-interest in an eighty-acre farm. *627The will also granted Doris a general power of appointment through which she could appoint the property to any appointee, including her estate, in her last will and…