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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 617 and 647 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. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2016, chapters 187<\/a> and 269<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65456,"section_number":"64.2-301","catch_line":"Dower or curtesy abolished","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-301\/"},{"id":72651,"section_number":"64.2-308.2","catch_line":"Dower or curtesy abolished","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-308.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244977,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86281,"identifier":"55.1-209","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-209","url":"\/55.1-209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-209\/","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Equitable separate estates abolished","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The estate known as the equitable<\/span> 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<\/span> separate estate has no legal or equitable<\/span> significance after January 1, 1991, except as provided in \u00a7 64.2-301<\/a> or 64.2-308.2<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEQUITABLE SEPARATE ESTATES ABOLISHED (\u00a7 55.1-209)\n\nThe estate known as the equitable separate estate no longer exists and any\nlanguage in any writing, whenever executed, that purports to convey real\nproperty to a person as an equitable separate estate has no legal or equitable\nsignificance after January 1, 1991, except as provided in \u00a7 64.2-301 or\n64.2-308.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 617, 647, \u00a7 55-47.01; 2016, cc. 187, 269; 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}}