Utah Code § 75A-4-301
Requisites for exercise of power of appointment.
A power of appointment is exercised only: (1) if the instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law; (2) if the terms of the instrument exercising the power: (a) manifest the powerholder's intent to exercise the power; and (b) satisfy the requirements of exercise, if any, imposed by the donor; and (3) to the extent the appointment is a permissible exercise of the power.