2011 Code of Virginia
Title 64.1 WILLS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES.
Chapter 3 Wills (64.1-45 thru 64.1-96.11)
64.1-57.2 Power granted to personal representatives to make election regarding marital deduction as to certai...
64.1-57.2. Power granted to personal representatives to make election regarding marital deduction as to certain qualifying terminable interest property; binding effect of election.
Personal representatives, whether heretofore or hereafter qualified, are hereby granted the power to make the election on the return of their decedents as required pursuant to 2056 (b) (7) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or renumbered, or successive provision, to obtain the marital deduction for bequests or devises of qualifying terminable interest property in favor of the surviving spouse created under a will or inter vivos trust of the decedent.
If the personal representative determines in good faith to make or not to make such an election and does not act imprudently in making such decision, the decision shall be final and binding upon all of the beneficiaries of the estate.
As used in this section, the term "personal representative" shall include the trustee of a qualified terminable interest property trust if there has been no qualification of a personal representative for the estate of the decedent who created the trust.
(1982, c. 551; 1983, c. 54; 1999, c. 197.)
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