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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":[{"id":376400,"section_number":"64.2-732","catch_line":"Modification or termination of uneconomic trust","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-732\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1501527,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376488,"identifier":"64.2-779","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8\/64.2-779","url":"\/64.2-779\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8\/64.2-779","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution upon termination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon termination or partial termination of a trust, the trustee<\/span> may send to the beneficiaries a proposal for distribution. The right of any beneficiary<\/span> to object<\/span> to the proposed distribution terminates if the beneficiary<\/span> does not notify the trustee<\/span> of an objection within 30 days after the proposal was sent but only if the proposal informed the beneficiary<\/span> of the right to object<\/span> and of the time allowed for objection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon the occurrence of an event terminating or partially terminating a trust, the trustee<\/span> shall proceed expeditiously to distribute the trust property<\/span> to the persons<\/span> entitled to it, subject to the right of the trustee<\/span> to retain a reasonable reserve for the payment of debts, expenses, and taxes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A release by a beneficiary<\/span> of a trustee<\/span> from liability for breach of trust is invalid to the extent: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> It was induced by improper conduct of the trustee<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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