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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376134</law_id><section_number>64.2-2711</section_number><catch_line>Rules of classification</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-2709</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="136" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="27">Uniform Powers of Appointment Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Creation, Revocation, and Amendment of Power of Appointment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">adverse party</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>&#x2019;s exercise or nonexercise of a <span class="dictionary">power of appointment</span> in favor of the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>, the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>&#x2019;s estate, a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> of the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> of the <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span>&#x2019;s estate. <a id="paragraph-1404424" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2711/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">powerholder</span> may exercise a <span class="dictionary">power of appointment</span> only with the consent or joinder of an <span class="dictionary">adverse party</span>, the power is nongeneral. <a id="paragraph-1404425" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2711/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Only a <span class="dictionary">power of appointment</span> whose <span class="dictionary">permissible appointees</span> are defined and limited can be nonexclusionary. <a id="paragraph-1404426" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2711/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 266.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
