CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPRESENTATION BY FIDUCIARIES AND PARENTS OR OTHER ANCESTORS (§ 64.2-716)

To the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and
the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a
particular question or dispute:

   1.  A conservator or guardian of the estate may represent and bind the estate
   that such fiduciary controls;

   2.  A guardian may represent and bind the ward if a conservator or guardian of
   the ward’s estate has not been appointed;

   3.  An agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question
   or dispute may represent and bind the principal;

   4.  A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust;

   5.  A personal representative of a decedent’s estate may represent and
   bind persons interested in the estate;

   6.  A parent may represent and bind the parent’s minor or unborn child
   if a guardian of the estate or guardian for the child has not been appointed;
   and

   7.  If a minor or unborn person is not otherwise represented under this
   section, a grandparent or more remote ancestor may represent and bind that
   minor or unborn person.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 935, § 55-543.03; 2012, c. 614.