CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF APPOINTMENT (§ 64.2-2507)

A. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to any
exercise in the decedent’s will of a power of appointment in favor of the
slayer and the appointment shall be deemed to have lapsed.

B. Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer subject to be
divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general
power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent. Property held by
the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of
appointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons shall
pass to such person or persons or in equal shares to the members of such class
of persons, exclusive of the slayer.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 469, § 55-410; 2012, c. 614.