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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":1502865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376106,"identifier":"64.2-2507","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2507","url":"\/64.2-2507\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2507\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of appointment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The slayer<\/span> shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent<\/span> as to any exercise in the decedent<\/span>’s will<\/span> of a power of appointment in favor of the slayer<\/span> and the appointment shall be deemed to have lapsed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Property<\/span> held either presently or in remainder by the slayer<\/span> subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent<\/span> of a power of revocation<\/span> or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent<\/span>. Property<\/span> held by the slayer<\/span> subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent<\/span> of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons shall pass to such person or persons or in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the slayer<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF APPOINTMENT (\u00a7 64.2-2507)\n\nA. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to any\nexercise in the decedent’s will of a power of appointment in favor of the\nslayer and the appointment shall be deemed to have lapsed.\n\nB. Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer subject to be\ndivested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general\npower of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent. Property held by\nthe slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of\nappointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons shall\npass to such person or persons or in equal shares to the members of such class\nof persons, exclusive of the slayer.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7 55-410; 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"}}