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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 935<\/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. 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":1501311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376398,"identifier":"64.2-730","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/4\/64.2-730","url":"\/64.2-730\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-730\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/4\/64.2-730","dublin_core":{"Title":"Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-730","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The court<\/span> may modify the administrative or dispositive terms of a trust or terminate the trust if, because of circumstances not anticipated by the settlor, modification or termination will<\/span> further the purposes of the trust. To the extent practicable, the modification shall be made in accordance with the settlor’s probable intention. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The court<\/span> may modify the administrative terms of a trust if continuation of the trust on its existing terms would be impracticable or wasteful or impair the trust’s administration. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Upon termination of a trust under this section, the trustee<\/span> shall distribute the trust property<\/span> in a manner consistent with the purposes of the trust. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMODIFICATION OR TERMINATION BECAUSE OF UNANTICIPATED CIRCUMSTANCES OR INABILITY\nTO ADMINISTER TRUST EFFECTIVELY (\u00a7 64.2-730)\n\nA. The court may modify the administrative or dispositive terms of a trust or\nterminate the trust if, because of circumstances not anticipated by the settlor,\nmodification or termination will further the purposes of the trust. To the\nextent practicable, the modification shall be made in accordance with the\nsettlor’s probable intention.\n\nB. The court may modify the administrative terms of a trust if continuation of\nthe trust on its existing terms would be impracticable or wasteful or impair the\ntrust’s administration.\n\nC. Upon termination of a trust under this section, the trustee shall distribute\nthe trust property in a manner consistent with the purposes of the trust.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 935, \u00a7 55-544.12; 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"}}