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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0592\">592<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":376484,"section_number":"64.2-779.6","catch_line":"Court involvement","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.6\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1501549,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376454,"identifier":"64.2-779.13","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.13","url":"\/64.2-779.13\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.13\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Change in compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> specifies an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span>&#8217;s compensation, the fiduciary may not exercise the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> to increase the fiduciary&#8217;s compensation above the specified compensation unless: <a id=\"paragraph-1405645\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> All qualified beneficiaries of the <span class=\"dictionary\">second trust<\/span> consent to the increase in a signed <span class=\"dictionary\">record<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-1405646\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The increase is approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1405647\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> does not specify an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span>&#8217;s compensation, the fiduciary may not exercise the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> to increase the fiduciary&#8217;s compensation above the compensation permitted by this chapter unless: <a id=\"paragraph-1405648\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> All qualified beneficiaries of the <span class=\"dictionary\">second trust<\/span> consent to the increase in a signed <span class=\"dictionary\">record<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-1405649\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The increase is approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1405650\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A change in an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span>&#8217;s compensation that is incidental to other changes made by the exercise of the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> is not an increase in the fiduciary&#8217;s compensation for purposes of subsections A and B. <a id=\"paragraph-1405651\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.13\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHANGE IN COMPENSATION (\u00a7 64.2-779.13)\n\nA. If a first-trust instrument specifies an authorized fiduciary&#8217;s\ncompensation, the fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to increase the\nfiduciary&#8217;s compensation above the specified compensation unless:\n\n   1. All qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the increase in\n   a signed record; or\n\n   2. The increase is approved by the court.\n\nB. If a first-trust instrument does not specify an authorized fiduciary&#8217;s\ncompensation, the fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to increase the\nfiduciary&#8217;s compensation above the compensation permitted by this chapter\nunless:\n\n   1. All qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the increase in\n   a signed record; or\n\n   2. The increase is approved by the court.\n\nC. A change in an authorized fiduciary&#8217;s compensation that is incidental\nto other changes made by the exercise of the decanting power is not an increase\nin the fiduciary&#8217;s compensation for purposes of subsections A and B.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 592.","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"}}