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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86060</law_id><section_number>64.2-773</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement and defense of claims</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="8">Duties and Powers of Trustee</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of the trust and to defend claims against the trust.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-548.11; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
