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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63877</law_id><section_number>64.2-712</section_number><catch_line>Proceedings to appoint or remove trustees</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="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Uniform Trust Code</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Judicial Proceedings</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Proceedings to appoint or remove <span class="dictionary">trustees</span> may be brought by <span class="dictionary">motion</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Court may appoint trustee in place of one named in will, deed, or other writing; management by corporate trustee outside of the Commonwealth" href="/64.2-1405/">64.2-1405</a> and <a class="law" title="Notice required; certain substitutions validated" href="/64.2-1406/">64.2-1406</a>. <a id="paragraph-232658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-712/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Proceedings to appoint or remove <span class="dictionary">trustees</span> also may be brought by <span class="dictionary">petition</span> or complaint. In such a proceeding, beneficiaries who are not qualified beneficiaries shall not be necessary parties, nor shall it be necessary to join (i) a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> who has declined to accept the trust, resigned or been adjudicated an incapacitated <span class="dictionary">person</span> or (ii) the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> of a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>. <a id="paragraph-232659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-712/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-542.05; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
