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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":1501221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376517,"identifier":"64.2-808","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/11\/64.2-808","url":"\/64.2-808\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-808\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/11\/64.2-808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application to existing relationships","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> This chapter applies to all trusts created before, on, or after July 1, 2006; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> This chapter applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after July 1, 2006; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> This chapter applies to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before July 1, 2006, unless the court<\/span> finds that application of a particular provision of this chapter would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case the particular provision of this chapter does not apply and the superseded law<\/span> applies; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Any rule of construction or presumption<\/span> provided in this chapter applies to trust instruments<\/span> executed before July 1, 2006, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent<\/span> in the terms of the trust; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> An act done before July 1, 2006, is not affected by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under any other statute<\/span> before July 1, 2006, that statute<\/span> continues to apply to the right even if it has been repealed or superseded. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION TO EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS (\u00a7 64.2-808)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:\n\n 1. This chapter applies to all trusts created before, on, or after July 1,\n 2006;\n\n 2. This chapter applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts\n commenced on or after July 1, 2006;\n\n 3. This chapter applies to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced\n before July 1, 2006, unless the court finds that application of a particular\n provision of this chapter would substantially interfere with the effective\n conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in\n which case the particular provision of this chapter does not apply and the\n superseded law applies;\n\n 4. Any rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to\n trust instruments executed before July 1, 2006, unless there is a clear\n indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the trust; and\n\n 5. An act done before July 1, 2006, is not affected by this chapter.\n\nB. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a\nprescribed period that has commenced to run under any other statute before July\n1, 2006, that statute continues to apply to the right even if it has been\nrepealed or superseded.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 935, \u00a7 55-551.06; 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"}}