2010 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES.
Chapter 22 - Acts Barring Property Rights (55-401 thru 55-415)
55-410 - Powers of appointment.
ยง 55-410. Powers of appointment.
A. As to any exercise in the will of the decedent of a power of appointment in favor of the slayer, the slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent and the appointment to have lapsed.
B. Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent; and property so held by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons or to a class of persons shall pass to such person or persons or in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the slayer.
(1981, c. 469.)
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