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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83758</law_id><section_number>64.2-748</section_number><catch_line>Overdue distribution</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="5">Creditor's Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In this section &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">mandatory distribution</span>&#x201D; means a distribution of income or principal that the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> is required to make to a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> under the terms of the trust, including a distribution upon termination of the trust. The term does not include a distribution subject to the exercise of the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>&#x2019;s discretion even if (i) the discretion is expressed in the form of a standard of distribution or (ii) the terms of the trust authorizing a distribution use language of discretion with language of direction. <a id="paragraph-300256" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-748/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Whether or not a trust contains a <span class="dictionary">spendthrift provision</span>, a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> or assignee of a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> may reach a <span class="dictionary">mandatory distribution</span> of income or principal, including a distribution upon termination of the trust, if the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> has not made the distribution to the <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> within a reasonable time after the designated distribution date. <a id="paragraph-300257" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-748/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-545.06; 2007, c. 216; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
