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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57442</law_id><section_number>64.2-779.15</section_number><catch_line>Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-779.6</reference></referred_to_by><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="8.1">Uniform Trust Decanting Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">authorized fiduciary</span> may not exercise the <span class="dictionary">decanting power</span> to modify a provision in a <span class="dictionary">first-<span class="dictionary">trust instrument</span></span> granting another <span class="dictionary">person</span> power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">person</span> holding the power consents to the modification in a signed <span class="dictionary">record</span> and the modification applies only to the <span class="dictionary">person</span>; <a id="paragraph-210482" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-779.15/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">person</span> holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the <span class="dictionary">second trust</span> consent to the modification in a signed <span class="dictionary">record</span> and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another <span class="dictionary">person</span>; or <a id="paragraph-210483" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-779.15/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-210484" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-779.15/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, c. 592.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
