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protector to the extent that the trust could be decanted under this article if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the protector consents in a signed record to the exercise of the power.C\n\nA protector for an animal has the rights under this article of a qualified beneficiary.D\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this article, if a first trust is an animal trust, in an exercise of the decanting power, the second trust must provide that trust property may be applied only to its intended purpose for the period the first trust benefited the animal.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":212105,"text":"As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Animal trust&#8221; means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one or more animals.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Protector&#8221; means a person appointed in an animal trust to enforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such person is appointed in the trust, a person appointed by the court for 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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":274579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57900,"identifier":"64.2-779.20","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.20","url":"\/64.2-779.20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.20\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.1\/64.2-779.20","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trust for care of animal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.20","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Animal trust<\/span>&#8221; means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one or more animals.\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Protector<\/span>&#8221; means a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> appointed in an <span class=\"dictionary\">animal trust<\/span> to enforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> is appointed in the trust, a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> appointed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> for that purpose. <a id=\"paragraph-212105\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.20\/#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> The <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span> may be exercised over an <span class=\"dictionary\">animal trust<\/span> that has a <span class=\"dictionary\">protector<\/span> to the extent that the trust could be decanted under this article if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the <span class=\"dictionary\">protector<\/span> consents in a signed <span class=\"dictionary\">record<\/span> to the exercise of the power. <a id=\"paragraph-212106\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.20\/#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\">protector<\/span> for an animal has the rights under this article of a <span class=\"dictionary\">qualified beneficiary<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-212107\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.20\/#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> Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if a <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span> is an <span class=\"dictionary\">animal trust<\/span>, in an exercise of the <span class=\"dictionary\">decanting power<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">second trust<\/span> must provide that trust <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> may be applied only to its intended purpose for the period the <span class=\"dictionary\">first trust<\/span> benefited the animal. <a id=\"paragraph-212108\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.20\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRUST FOR CARE OF ANIMAL (\u00a7 64.2-779.20)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Animal trust&#8221; means a trust or an interest in a trust created to\nprovide for the care of one or more animals.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Protector&#8221; means a person appointed in an animal trust to\nenforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such person is appointed in\nthe trust, a person appointed by the court for that purpose.\n\nB. The decanting power may be exercised over an animal trust that has a\nprotector to the extent that the trust could be decanted under this article if\neach animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the protector\nconsents in a signed record to the exercise of the power.\n\nC. A protector for an animal has the rights under this article of a qualified\nbeneficiary.\n\nD. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if a first trust is an\nanimal trust, in an exercise of the decanting power, the second trust must\nprovide that trust property may be applied only to its intended purpose for the\nperiod the first trust benefited the animal.\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}}