                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECREE IN SUIT WHEN NUMBER OF PARTIES EXCEEDS 30 AND ONE OF THEM DIES (§
8.01-23)

When, in any suit involving a decedent&#8217;s estate or a trust, the number of
parties exceeds 30, and any one of the parties jointly interested with others in
any question arising therein, dies, the court may, notwithstanding, if in its
opinion all classes of interests are represented and no one will be prejudiced
thereby, proceed to render a decree in such suit as if such party were alive;
decreeing to the heirs, devisees, legatees, distributees, or personal
representatives, as the case may be, such interest as the deceased person, if
alive, would be entitled to. The provisions of § 8.01-322 shall apply to
decrees entered hereunder.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 8-155, 8-156; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 681.