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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 266<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1503113,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376164,"identifier":"64.2-2741","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/6\/64.2-2741","url":"\/64.2-2741\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2741\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/6\/64.2-2741","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application to existing relationships","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2741","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on and after July 1, 2016: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> This chapter applies to a power of appointment<\/span> created before, on, or after July 1, 2016; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment<\/span> commenced on or after July 1, 2016; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment<\/span> commenced before July 1, 2016, unless the court<\/span> finds that application of a particular provision of this chapter would interfere substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice a right of a party<\/span>, in which case the particular provision of this chapter does not apply and the superseded law<\/span> applies; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A rule of construction or presumption<\/span> provided in this chapter applies to an instrument executed before July 1, 2016, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent<\/span> in the terms of the instrument<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions 1 through 4, an action done before July 1, 2016, is not affected by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a prescribed period that commenced under law<\/span> of the Commonwealth other than this chapter before July 1, 2016, the law<\/span> continues to apply to the right. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION TO EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS (\u00a7 64.2-2741)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on and after July 1, 2016:\n\n 1. This chapter applies to a power of appointment created before, on, or after\n July 1, 2016;\n\n 2. This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of\n appointment commenced on or after July 1, 2016;\n\n 3. This chapter applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of\n appointment commenced before July 1, 2016, unless the court finds that\n application of a particular provision of this chapter would interfere\n substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or\n prejudice a right of a party, in which case the particular provision of this\n chapter does not apply and the superseded law applies;\n\n 4. A rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to\n an instrument executed before July 1, 2016, unless there is a clear indication\n of a contrary intent in the terms of the instrument; and\n\n 5. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions 1 through 4, an action done\n before July 1, 2016, is not affected by this chapter.\n\nB. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a\nprescribed period that commenced under law of the Commonwealth other than this\nchapter before July 1, 2016, the law continues to apply to the right.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 266.","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"}}