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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 714<\/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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73807,"section_number":"55.1-124","catch_line":"Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-124\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70778,"identifier":"55.1-126","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-126","url":"\/55.1-126\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-126\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/2\/55.1-126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reformation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the petition<\/span> of an interested person, a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in the county or city in which the affected property or the greater part of such property is located shall reform a disposition<\/span> in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor’s manifested plan of distribution and is within the 90 years allowed by subdivision A 2, B 2, or C 2 of \u00a7 55.1-124<\/a> if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A nonvested property interest or a power of appointment becomes invalid under § 55.1-124<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A class gift is not but might become invalid under § 55.1-124<\/a> and the time has arrived when the share of any class member is to take effect in possession<\/span> or enjoyment; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A nonvested property interest that is not validated by subdivision A 1 of § 55.1-124<\/a> can vest but not within 90 years after its creation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFORMATION (\u00a7 55.1-126)\n\nUpon the petition of an interested person, a circuit court in the county or city\nin which the affected property or the greater part of such property is located\nshall reform a disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the\ntransferor’s manifested plan of distribution and is within the 90 years\nallowed by subdivision A 2, B 2, or C 2 of \u00a7 55.1-124 if:\n\n1. A nonvested property interest or a power of appointment becomes invalid under\n§ 55.1-124;\n\n2. A class gift is not but might become invalid under § 55.1-124 and the\ntime has arrived when the share of any class member is to take effect in\npossession or enjoyment; or\n\n3. A nonvested property interest that is not validated by subdivision A 1 of\n§ 55.1-124 can vest but not within 90 years after its creation.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 714, \u00a7 55-12.3; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}