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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0518\">518<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376060,"identifier":"64.2-2106","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/2\/64.2-2106","url":"\/64.2-2106\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2106\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/2\/64.2-2106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusive basis","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This article provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the Commonwealth to appoint a <span class=\"dictionary\">guardian<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">conservatorship order<\/span> for an <span class=\"dictionary\">adult<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIVE BASIS (\u00a7 64.2-2106)\n\nThis article provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of the\nCommonwealth to appoint a guardian or issue a conservatorship order for an\nadult.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 518, \u00a7 37.2-1038; 2012, c. 614.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}