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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":1501557,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376456,"identifier":"64.2-779.15","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.15","url":"\/64.2-779.15\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.15\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span> may not exercise the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> to modify a provision in a <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> granting another <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> holding the power consents to the modification in a signed <span class=\"dictionary\">record<\/span> and the modification applies only to the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1405657\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.15\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the <span class=\"dictionary\">second trust<\/span> consent to the modification in a signed <span class=\"dictionary\">record<\/span> and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-1405658\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.15\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1405659\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.15\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF AUTHORIZED FIDUCIARY (\u00a7 64.2-779.15)\n\nAn authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a\nprovision in a first-trust instrument granting another person power to remove or\nreplace the fiduciary unless:\n\n1. The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record\nand the modification applies only to the person;\n\n2. The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second\ntrust consent to the modification in a signed record and the modification grants\na substantially similar power to another person; or\n\n3. The court approves the modification and the modification grants a\nsubstantially similar power to another person.\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"}}