§ 55.1-209 Equitable separate estates abolished
The estate known as the equitable separate estate no longer exists and any language in any writing, whenever executed, that purports to convey real property to a person as an equitable separate estate has no legal or equitable significance after January 1, 1991, except as provided in § 64.2-301 or 64.2-308.2.
History
This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 617 and 647 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2016, chapters 187 and 269; in 2019, chapter 712.
1992, cc. 617, 647, § 55-47.01; 2016, cc. 187, 269; 2019, c. 712.