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from the first trust if the decanting power had not been exercised.C\n\nA second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.D\n\nSubject to subsection C, a second-trust instrument may divide and reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees, distribution advisors, investment advisors, trust protectors, or other persons, and relieve a fiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as permitted by law of the Commonwealth other than this article.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":280598,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in this section, a second-trust instrument may not relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the first-trust instrument.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":280599,"text":"A second-trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":274551,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78277,"identifier":"64.2-779.14","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.14","url":"\/64.2-779.14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.14\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relief from liability and indemnification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in this section, a <span class=\"dictionary\">second-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> may not relieve an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span> from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the <span class=\"dictionary\">first-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-280598\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.14\/#A\"><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> A <span class=\"dictionary\">second-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> may provide for indemnification of an <span class=\"dictionary\">authorized fiduciary<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span> or another <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> acting in a fiduciary capacity under the <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span> for any liability or claim that would have been payable from the <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span> if the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> had not been exercised. <a id=\"paragraph-280599\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.14\/#B\"><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 <span class=\"dictionary\">second-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate. <a id=\"paragraph-280600\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.14\/#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 subsection C, a <span class=\"dictionary\">second-<span class=\"dictionary\">trust instrument<\/span><\/span> may divide and reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more <span class=\"dictionary\">trustees<\/span>, distribution advisors, investment advisors, trust protectors, or other <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span>, and relieve a fiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as permitted by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth other than this article. <a id=\"paragraph-280601\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.14\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELIEF FROM LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION (\u00a7 64.2-779.14)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a second-trust instrument may\nnot relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a\ngreater extent than the first-trust instrument.\n\nB. A second-trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized\nfiduciary of the first trust or another person acting in a fiduciary capacity\nunder the first trust for any liability or claim that would have been payable\nfrom the first trust if the decanting power had not been exercised.\n\nC. A second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the\naggregate.\n\nD. Subject to subsection C, a second-trust instrument may divide and reallocate\nfiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees, distribution\nadvisors, investment advisors, trust protectors, or other persons, and relieve a\nfiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as\npermitted by law of the Commonwealth other than this article.\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}}