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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 266<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60688,"section_number":"64.2-2738","catch_line":"Creditor claim; nongeneral power","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2738\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78347,"identifier":"64.2-2736","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/5\/64.2-2736","url":"\/64.2-2736\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2736\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/5\/64.2-2736","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creditor claim; general power not created by powerholder","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2736","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection C, appointive property<\/span> subject to a presently exercisable general power of appointment<\/span><\/span> created by a person<\/span> other than the powerholder<\/span> is subject to a claim of a creditor<\/span> of the powerholder<\/span> to the extent that the powerholder<\/span>’s property is insufficient. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Appointive property<\/span> subject to a general power of appointment<\/span><\/span> exercisable at the powerholder<\/span>’s death is not subject to a claim of a creditor<\/span> of the powerholder<\/span> or the powerholder<\/span>’s estate except to the extent that the power is exercised in favor of the powerholder<\/span>’s estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Subject to subsection C of § 64.2-2738<\/a>, a power of appointment<\/span> created by a person<\/span> other than the powerholder<\/span>, which is subject to an ascertainable standard relating to an individual’s health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 2041(b)(1)(A) or 26 U.S.C. § 2514(c)(1), as amended, is treated for purposes of this article as a nongeneral power. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDITOR CLAIM; GENERAL POWER NOT CREATED BY POWERHOLDER (\u00a7 64.2-2736)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in subsection C, appointive property subject to\na presently exercisable general power of appointment created by a person other\nthan the powerholder is subject to a claim of a creditor of the powerholder to\nthe extent that the powerholder’s property is insufficient.\n\nB. Appointive property subject to a general power of appointment exercisable at\nthe powerholder’s death is not subject to a claim of a creditor of the\npowerholder or the powerholder’s estate except to the extent that the\npower is exercised in favor of the powerholder’s estate.\n\nC. Subject to subsection C of § 64.2-2738, a power of appointment created\nby a person other than the powerholder, which is subject to an ascertainable\nstandard relating to an individual’s health, education, support, or\nmaintenance within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 2041(b)(1)(A) or 26 U.S.C.\n§ 2514(c)(1), as amended, is treated for purposes of this article as a\nnongeneral power.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 266.","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}}