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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349782</law_id><section_number>16.1-354</section_number><catch_line>Revocation, refusal, termination of standby guardianship</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="48" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="19" identifier="17">Standby Guardianship</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The authority of a standby guardian approved by <span class="dictionary">the court</span> may be revoked by the qualified parent by his filing a notice of <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> with <span class="dictionary">the court</span>. The notice of <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> shall identify the standby guardian or alternate standby guardian to which the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> will apply. A copy of the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> shall also be delivered to the standby guardian whose authority is revoked and any alternate standby guardian who may then be authorized to act.
			At any time following his approval by <span class="dictionary">the court</span>, a standby guardian approved by <span class="dictionary">the court</span> may decline to serve by filing a written statement of refusal with <span class="dictionary">the court</span> and having the statement personally served on the qualified parent and any alternate standby guardian who may then be authorized to act. <a id="paragraph-1303909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-354/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> When a written designation has been executed, but is not yet effective because the triggering event has not yet occurred, the parent may revoke or the prospective standby guardian may refuse the designation by notifying the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> in writing.
			A written designation may also be revoked by the execution of a subsequent inconsistent designation. <a id="paragraph-1303910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-354/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> When a standby guardian&#x2019;s authority is effective upon debilitation or incompetence of the qualified parent, the standby guardian&#x2019;s authority to act on behalf of the parent continues even though the parent is restored to health unless the qualified parent notifies the guardian and, if appropriate, <span class="dictionary">the court</span>, in writing, that the standby guardian&#x2019;s authority is revoked upon such restoration or otherwise.
			If at any time <span class="dictionary">the court</span> finds that the parent no longer meets the definition of &#x201C;qualified parent,&#x201D; <span class="dictionary">the court</span> shall rescind its approval of the standby guardian. <a id="paragraph-1303911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-354/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, c. 829.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
