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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86004</law_id><section_number>64.2-401</section_number><catch_line>Who may make a will; what estate may be disposed of</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Wills</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Requisites and Execution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as provided in subsection B, any individual may make a <span class="dictionary">will</span> to dispose of all or part of his estate at his death that, if not disposed of, would otherwise pass by intestate succession, including any estate, right, or interest that the testator may subsequently become entitled to after the execution of the <span class="dictionary">will</span>. <a id="paragraph-308011" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-401/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An individual is not capable of making a <span class="dictionary">will</span> if he is (i) of unsound mind or (ii) an unemancipated <span class="dictionary">minor</span>. <a id="paragraph-308012" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-401/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 64-48, 64-49; 1968, c. 656, &#xA7;&#xA7; 64.1-46, 64.1-47; 1972, c. 825; 2000, c. 161; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
