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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376045</law_id><section_number>64.2-2025</section_number><catch_line>Fiduciary to prosecute and defend actions involving incapacitated person</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="136" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="D">Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="20">Guardianship and Conservatorship</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="2" identifier="2">Powers, Duties, and Liabilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Subject to any conditions or limitations set forth in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> appointing the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span>, the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> shall <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> or defend all actions or suits to which the <span class="dictionary">incapacitated person</span> is a <span class="dictionary">party</span> at the time of qualification of the <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> and all such actions or suits subsequently instituted after 10 days&#x2019; notice of the pendency of the action or suit. Such notice shall be given by the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the action or suit is pending.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 37-149; 1968, c. 477, &#xA7; 37.1-141; 1976, c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716, &#xA7; 37.2-1026; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Lopez-Rosario v. Habib</name><case_number>Record 150587.</case_number><citation>785 S.E.2d 214</citation><date>2016-04-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3194298/lopez-rosario-v-habib/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Opinion by Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
