Code of VirginiaTitle 64.2. Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries8/5/2020 Title 64.2. Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries (2020 Updates) Subtitle I. General Provisions Chapter 1. Definitions and General Provisions Article 2. General Provisions § 64.2-108.2Provision in certain trust void Subtitle II. Wills and Decedents' Estates Chapter 2. Descent and Distribution § 64.2-200Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir Chapter 3. Rights of Married Persons Article 1. Elective Share of Surviving Spouse of Decedent Dying Before January 1, 2017 § 64.2-302When and how elective share may be claimed by surviving spouse § 64.2-305Augmented estate; exclusions; valuation Article 1.1. Elective Share of Surviving Spouse of Decedent Dying on or After January 1, 2017 § 64.2-308.9Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application § 64.2-308.12Proceeding for elective share; time limit Article 2. Exempt Property and Allowances § 64.2-313When and how exempt property and allowances may be claimed Chapter 4. Wills Article 1. Requisites and Execution § 64.2-409Wills of living persons lodged for safekeeping with clerks of certain courts Chapter 5. Personal Representatives and Administration of Estates Article 3. Authority and General Duties § 64.2-520.1Action for damages from legal malpractice concerning estate planning § 64.2-520.2Reliance on certificate of qualification of a personal representative Chapter 6. Transfers without Qualification Article 5. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act § 64.2-628Requirements § 64.2-632Effect of transfer on death deed at transferor's death Subtitle III. Trusts Chapter 7. Uniform Trust Code Article 1. General Provisions and Definitions § 64.2-700Scope § 64.2-701Definitions § 64.2-703Default and mandatory rules § 64.2-706Principal place of administration Article 5. Creditor's Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts § 64.2-745.1Self-settled spendthrift trusts Article 6. Revocable Trusts § 64.2-752Settlor's powers; powers of withdrawal Article 7. Office of Trustee § 64.2-756Cotrustees Article 8.2. Uniform Directed Trust Act § 64.2-779.26Definitions § 64.2-779.27Application § 64.2-779.28Exclusions § 64.2-779.29Powers of trust director § 64.2-779.30Limitations on trust director § 64.2-779.31Duty and liability of trust director § 64.2-779.32Duty and liability of directed trustee § 64.2-779.33Duty to provide information to trust director or trustee § 64.2-779.34No duty to monitor, inform, or advise § 64.2-779.35Limitation of action against trust director § 64.2-779.36Defenses in action against trust director § 64.2-779.37Jurisdiction over trust director § 64.2-779.38Office of trust director Chapter 9. Uniform Custodial Trust Act § 64.2-905Multiple beneficiaries; separate custodial trusts; survivorship Chapter 10. Uniform Principal and Income Act Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions § 64.2-1030Expenses and receipts; nontrust estates Subtitle IV. Fiduciaries and Guardians Part A. Fiduciaries Chapter 13. Inventories and Accounts § 64.2-1305Conservators, guardians of minors' estates, committees, trustees under § 64.2-2016, and receivers § 64.2-1309Accounts of sales under deeds of trust Part B. Powers of Attorney Chapter 16. Uniform Power of Attorney Act Article 1. General Provisions § 64.2-1603Execution of power of attorney Part D. Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons Chapter 20. Guardianship and Conservatorship Article 1. Appointment § 64.2-2000Definitions § 64.2-2003Appointment of guardian ad litem § 64.2-2007Hearing on petition to appoint § 64.2-2009Court order of appointment; limited guardianships and conservatorships § 64.2-2011Qualification of guardian or conservator; clerk to record order and issue certificate; reliance on certificate Article 2. Powers, Duties, and Liabilities § 64.2-2020Annual reports by guardians Subtitle V. Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers Chapter 22. Uniform Simultaneous Death Act § 64.2-2205Exceptions Chapter 24. Conservators of Property of Absentees § 64.2-2401Bond; orders as to management of estate; support of dependents Chapter 27. Uniform Powers of Appointment Act Article 5. Right of Powerholder's Creditors in Appointive Property § 64.2-2735Creditor claim; general power created by powerholder § 64.2-2738Creditor claim; nongeneral power