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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77406</law_id><section_number>64.2-779.18</section_number><catch_line>Need to distribute not required</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="8.1">Uniform Trust Decanting Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">authorized fiduciary</span> may exercise the <span class="dictionary">decanting power</span> whether or not under the <span class="dictionary">first trust</span>&#x2019;s discretionary distribution standard the fiduciary would have made or could have been compelled to make a discretionary distribution of income or principal at the time of the exercise.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 592.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
