§ 64.2-1073 When right to income begins and ends
A. An income beneficiary is entitled to net income in accordance with the terms of the trust from the date an income interest begins. The income interest begins on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to:
B. An asset becomes subject to a trust under subdivision A 1:
1. For an asset that is transferred to the trust during the settlor’s life, on the date the asset is transferred;
2. For an asset that becomes subject to the trust because of a decedent’s death, on the date of the decedent’s death, even if there is an intervening period of administration of the decedent’s estate; or
3. For an asset that is transferred to a fiduciary by a third party because of a decedent’s death, on the date of the decedent’s death.
C. An asset becomes subject to a successive interest under subdivision A 2 on the day after the preceding income interest ends, as determined under subsection D, even if there is an intervening period of administration to wind up the preceding income interest.
D. An income interest ends on the day before an income beneficiary dies or another terminating event occurs or on the last day of a period during which there is no beneficiary to which a fiduciary may or must distribute income.
History
This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 354 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.
2022, c. 354.