{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/64.2-779.12.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/64.2-779.12.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/64.2-779.12.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/64.2-779.12.html"}],"law_id":56684,"edition_id":1,"section_id":56684,"structure_id":13034,"section_number":"64.2-779.12","catch_line":"Trust limitation on decanting","history":"2017, c. 592.","full_text":"A\n\nAn authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to the extent the first-trust instrument expressly prohibits exercise of:1\n\nThe decanting power; or2\n\nA power granted by state law to the fiduciary to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust.B\n\nExercise of the decanting power is subject to any restriction in the first-trust instrument that expressly applies to exercise of:1\n\nThe decanting power; or2\n\nA power granted by state law to a fiduciary to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust.C\n\nA general prohibition of the amendment or revocation of a first trust, a spendthrift clause, or a clause restraining the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a beneficiary&#8217;s interest does not preclude exercise of the decanting power.D\n\nSubject to subsections A and B, an authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power under this article even if the first-trust instrument permits the authorized fiduciary or another person to modify the first-trust instrument or to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the first trust to another trust.E\n\nIf a first-trust instrument contains an express prohibition described in subsection A or an express restriction described in subsection B, the provision must be included in the second-trust 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power.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"D"},"7":{"id":207433,"text":"Subject to subsections A and B, an authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power under this article even if the first-trust instrument permits the authorized fiduciary or another person to modify the first-trust instrument or to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the first trust to another trust.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"8":{"id":207434,"text":"If a first-trust instrument contains an express prohibition described in subsection A or an express restriction described in subsection B, the provision must be included in the second-trust 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0592\">592<\/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":[{"id":69107,"section_number":"64.2-779.1","catch_line":"Scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":274543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56684,"identifier":"64.2-779.12","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.12","url":"\/64.2-779.12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.12\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.12","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trust limitation on decanting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.12","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span> may not exercise the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> to the extent the <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> expressly prohibits exercise of: <a id=\"paragraph-207426\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-207427\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A power granted by <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the fiduciary to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust. <a id=\"paragraph-207428\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Exercise of the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> is subject to any restriction in the <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> that expressly applies to exercise of: <a id=\"paragraph-207429\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-207430\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A power granted by <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to a fiduciary to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust. <a id=\"paragraph-207431\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A general prohibition of the amendment or <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span>, a spendthrift clause, or a clause restraining the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a <span class=\"dictionary\">beneficiary<\/span>&#8217;s interest does not preclude exercise of the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207432\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Subject to subsections A and B, an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span> may exercise the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> under this article even if the <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> permits the <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span> or another <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to modify the <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> or to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span> to another trust. <a id=\"paragraph-207433\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> contains an express prohibition described in subsection A or an express restriction described in subsection B, the provision must be included in the <span class=\"dictionary\">second-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207434\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.12\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRUST LIMITATION ON DECANTING (\u00a7 64.2-779.12)\n\nA. An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to the extent\nthe first-trust instrument expressly prohibits exercise of:\n\n   1. The decanting power; or\n\n   2. A power granted by state law to the fiduciary to distribute part or all of\n   the income or principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust.\n\nB. Exercise of the decanting power is subject to any restriction in the\nfirst-trust instrument that expressly applies to exercise of:\n\n   1. The decanting power; or\n\n   2. A power granted by state law to a fiduciary to distribute part or all of\n   the income or principal of the trust to another trust or to modify the trust.\n\nC. A general prohibition of the amendment or revocation of a first trust, a\nspendthrift clause, or a clause restraining the voluntary or involuntary\ntransfer of a beneficiary&#8217;s interest does not preclude exercise of the\ndecanting power.\n\nD. Subject to subsections A and B, an authorized fiduciary may exercise the\ndecanting power under this article even if the first-trust instrument permits\nthe authorized fiduciary or another person to modify the first-trust instrument\nor to distribute part or all of the income or principal of the first trust to\nanother trust.\n\nE. If a first-trust instrument contains an express prohibition described in\nsubsection A or an express restriction described in subsection B, the provision\nmust be included in the second-trust instrument.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 592.","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}}