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On termination of the derivative action, the court may require the plaintiff to pay any defendant’s reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in defending the action if it finds that the action was commenced without reasonable cause or the plaintiff did not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the limited partners and the partnership in enforcing the right of the partnership.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1365881,"text":"If a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise or settlement of an action or claim, except as hereinafter provided, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, and shall direct him to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of those proceeds received by him. On termination of the derivative action, the court may require the plaintiff to pay any defendant’s reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in defending the action if it finds that the action was commenced without reasonable cause or the plaintiff did not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the limited partners and the partnership in enforcing the right of the partnership.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52273,"edition_id":2,"name":"Derivative Actions","identifier":"10","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":11,"parent_id":52253,"metadata":{"child_laws":4,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:56:57","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:29","permalink":{"id":1461293,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52273,"identifier":"10","token":"50\/2.1\/10","url":"\/50\/2.1\/10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52253,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act","identifier":"2.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52250,"metadata":{"child_laws":105,"child_structures":13},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:56:42","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:28","permalink":{"id":1461245,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52253,"identifier":"2.1","token":"50\/2.1","url":"\/50\/2.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52250,"edition_id":2,"name":"Partnerships","identifier":"50","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":107,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":185,"child_structures":29},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:56:42","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:28","permalink":{"id":1461231,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52250,"identifier":"50","token":"50","url":"\/50\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":366851,"structure_id":52273,"section_number":"50-73.62","catch_line":"Right of action","url":"\/50-73.62\/","token":"50\/2.1\/10\/50-73.62","metadata":{"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Jennings v. 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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 607 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1461307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366854,"identifier":"50-73.65","token":"50\/2.1\/10\/50-73.65","url":"\/50-73.65\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.65\/","token":"50\/2.1\/10\/50-73.65","dublin_core":{"Title":"Expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.65","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff<\/span> as a result of a judgment<\/span>, compromise or settlement<\/span> of an action or claim, except as hereinafter provided, the court<\/span> may award the plaintiff<\/span> reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, and shall direct him to remit to the limited partnership<\/span> the remainder of those proceeds received by him. On termination of the derivative action, the court<\/span> may require the plaintiff<\/span> to pay any defendant<\/span>’s reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in defending the action if it finds that the action was commenced without reasonable cause or the plaintiff<\/span> did not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the limited partners<\/span> and the partnership in enforcing the right of the partnership.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPENSES (\u00a7 50-73.65)\n\nIf a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is\nreceived by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise or settlement of\nan action or claim, except as hereinafter provided, the court may award the\nplaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, and\nshall direct him to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of those\nproceeds received by him. On termination of the derivative action, the court may\nrequire the plaintiff to pay any defendant’s reasonable expenses,\nincluding reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in defending the action if\nit finds that the action was commenced without reasonable cause or the plaintiff\ndid not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the limited partners\nand the partnership in enforcing the right of the partnership.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 607.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}