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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67586</law_id><section_number>64.2-429</section_number><catch_line>Construction of trust provisions otherwise eligible for the election permitted under &#xA7; 2056(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code</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="3">Construction and Effect</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any trust created under a <span class="dictionary">will</span> or trust agreement made by a decedent dying after December 31, 1981, would qualify for the election specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;2056(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code but for (i) a direction that accrued income remaining in the hands of a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> at the death of the surviving spouse of the decedent not be paid to the estate of the surviving spouse or (ii) an authorization to retain unproductive property as an asset of the trust, then, unless the decedent shall have specifically otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">will</span> or trust agreement by reference to this section, (a) all accrued and undistributed income of the trust at the death of the surviving spouse shall be paid to the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> of the surviving spouse as contemplated by the Uniform Principal and Income Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/64.2-1000/">64.2-1000</a> et seq.) and (b) the surviving spouse shall have the right to require the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> of the trust to make the trust <span class="dictionary">assets</span> productive of income, so as to render the trust eligible for the election provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;2056(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code.
		This section shall apply to all <span class="dictionary">wills</span> and revocable trusts made by decedents dying after December 31, 1981, regardless of when the <span class="dictionary">will</span> or trust was made.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 339, &#xA7; 64.1-74.1; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
