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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 935<\/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 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1501403,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376420,"identifier":"64.2-750","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/6\/64.2-750","url":"\/64.2-750\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-750\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/6\/64.2-750","dublin_core":{"Title":"Capacity of settlor of revocable trust","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-750","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The capacity required to create, amend<\/span>, revoke, or add property<\/span> to a revocable trust, or to direct the actions of the trustee<\/span> of a revocable trust, is the same as that required to make a will<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAPACITY OF SETTLOR OF REVOCABLE TRUST (\u00a7 64.2-750)\n\nThe capacity required to create, amend, revoke, or add property to a revocable\ntrust, or to direct the actions of the trustee of a revocable trust, is the same\nas that required to make a will.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 935, \u00a7 55-546.01; 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"}}