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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376105,"identifier":"64.2-2506","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2506","url":"\/64.2-2506\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2506\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contingent remainders and future interests","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by the slayer<\/span> subject to become vested in him or increased in any way for him upon the death of the decedent<\/span>, the slayer<\/span> shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent<\/span> if the interest would not have become vested or increased if the slayer<\/span> had predeceased the decedent<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding subsection A, any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest shall not be vested in the slayer<\/span> or increased in any way for him during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINGENT REMAINDERS AND FUTURE INTERESTS (\u00a7 64.2-2506)\n\nA. As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by\nthe slayer subject to become vested in him or increased in any way for him upon\nthe death of the decedent, the slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the\ndecedent if the interest would not have become vested or increased if the slayer\nhad predeceased the decedent.\n\nB. Notwithstanding subsection A, any contingent remainder or executory or other\nfuture interest shall not be vested in the slayer or increased in any way for\nhim during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7 55-409; 2012, c. 614.","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"}}