§ 64.2-716 Representation by fiduciaries and parents or other ancestors
To the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute:
1. A conservator or guardian of the estate may represent and bind the estate that such fiduciary controls;
2. A guardian may represent and bind the ward if a conservator or guardian of the ward’s estate has not been appointed;
3. An agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal;
4. A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust;
5. A personal representative of a decedent’s estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate;
6. A parent may represent and bind the parent’s minor or unborn child if a guardian of the estate or guardian for the child has not been appointed; and
7. If a minor or unborn person is not otherwise represented under this section, a grandparent or more remote ancestor may represent and bind that minor or unborn person.
History
This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 935 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614.
2005, c. 935, § 55-543.03; 2012, c. 614.