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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 437<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1505473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377672,"identifier":"8.01-6.3","token":"8.01\/2\/1\/8.01-6.3","url":"\/8.01-6.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-6.3\/","token":"8.01\/2\/1\/8.01-6.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Actions or suits against fiduciaries; style of the case; amendment of pleading","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-6.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In any action<\/span> or suit<\/span> required to be prosecuted or defended by or in the name of a fiduciary<\/span>, including a personal representative, trustee, conservator, or guardian, the style of the case in regard to the fiduciary<\/span> shall be substantially in the following form: “(Name of fiduciary<\/span>), (type of fiduciary<\/span> relationship), (Name of the subject of the fiduciary<\/span> relationship).” <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any pleading filed that does not conform to the requirements of subsection A but otherwise identifies the proper parties shall be amended on the motion<\/span> of any party<\/span> or by the court<\/span> on its own motion<\/span>. Such amendment relates back to the date of the original pleading. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTIONS OR SUITS AGAINST FIDUCIARIES; STYLE OF THE CASE; AMENDMENT OF PLEADING\n(\u00a7 8.01-6.3)\n\nA. In any action or suit required to be prosecuted or defended by or in the name\nof a fiduciary, including a personal representative, trustee, conservator, or\nguardian, the style of the case in regard to the fiduciary shall be\nsubstantially in the following form: “(Name of fiduciary), (type of\nfiduciary relationship), (Name of the subject of the fiduciary\nrelationship).”\n\nB. Any pleading filed that does not conform to the requirements of subsection A\nbut otherwise identifies the proper parties shall be amended on the motion of\nany party or by the court on its own motion. Such amendment relates back to the\ndate of the original pleading.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 437.","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"}}