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Wills and Decedents' Estates (1995 thru present)
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  • 2007 - SB 1264 Descents; clarifies statue concerning course thereof.
  • 2007 - SB 1381 Intestate succession; desertion by parents.
  • 2008 - HB 280 Decedent's will; unsupervised probate.
  • 2008 - HB 412 Decedents' estates; priority of debts.
  • 2008 - SB 735 Decedents' estates; priority of debts.
  • 2009 - HB 280 Decedent's will; unsupervised probate.
  • 2009 - HB 1895 Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount State would receive payments from deaths.
  • 2009 - HB 1929 Decedent's account balance; increases amount thereof to be paid to spouse or other distributees.
  • 2009 - HB 1944 Succession; determination of parent-child relationship in determining rights to property.
  • 2009 - HB 2376 Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount State will receive payments from deaths after Jan. 1.
  • 2009 - SB 806 Nonresident decedents' personal property in State; transferor thereof may comply with law of state.
  • 2009 - SB 815 Intestate succession; if parent willfully deserts child, no person may inherit from child's estate.
  • 2009 - SB 907 Powers of personal representatives and trustees; power to donate open-space easements.
  • 2009 - SB 1042 Transfer on Death Real Property Act; created.
  • 2009 - SB 1133 Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount State would receive payments from estates.
  • 2010 - HB 223 Estate tax; dedication of revenues collected.
  • 2010 - HB 275 Estate Tax; tax rate is one-half of amount of federal credit as it existed on January 1, 1978.
  • 2010 - HB 346 Small Estate Act; revises by repealing related provisions in Code.
  • 2010 - HB 755 Wills & trusts; formula clauses referring to federal estate, generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
  • 2010 - HB 1106 Insurance policy limits; allows personal representative of estate of decedent to request disclosure.
  • 2010 - HB 1345 Probate; list of heirs must be filed with clerk of court.
  • 2010 - SB 427 Insurance policy limits; allows personal representative of estate of decedent to request disclosure.
  • 2010 - SB 692 Probate tax; establishes tax on recordation of list of heirs, etc.
  • 2010 - SB 714 Estate tax; reinstates federal credit amount.
  • 2011 - HB 2476 Estate tax; reinstated for persons dying on or after July 1, 2011.
  • 2011 - SB 1072 Inter vivos QTIP trusts; if established by donor spouse not to be included in estate.
  • 2011 - SB 1423 Wills & trusts; formula clauses referring to federal estate & generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
  • 2012 - HB 414 Safe deposit boxes; bank to permit limited access upon death of lessee.
  • 2012 - HB 763 Nonresident executors and testamentary trustees; conveyance of real estate located in State.
  • 2012 - SB 115 Wills, trusts, and fiduciaries; revising and recodifying laws.
  • 2013 - HB 1351 Credit unions, federal; those operating within State to comply with Virginia Small Estate Act.
  • 2013 - HB 1457 Estate tax; reinstates for persons dying on or after July 1, 2013.
  • 2013 - HB 1584 Digital accounts and assets; enables a fiduciary to gain access.
  • 2013 - HB 1594 Small estates; checks and negotiable instruments.
  • 2013 - HB 1752 Personal representatives; access to digital accounts.
  • 2013 - HB 2053 Uniform Power of Attorney Act; violation, penalty.
  • 2013 - HB 2191 Court-appointed guardians of incapacitated persons; annual report.
  • 2013 - HB 2192 Court-appointed guardians of incapacitated persons; annual report.
  • 2013 - HB 2197 Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, etc.; construction of use of old Code sections.
  • 2013 - SB 711 Testamentary trustees; relief of duty to file an inventory or annual accounts.
  • 2013 - SB 757 No-contest clauses; limitations on penalty clause.
  • 2013 - SB 758 Uniform Trust Code; interested trustees subject to ascertainable standard.
  • 2013 - SB 759 Guardianship and conservatorship; makes various changes to laws.
  • 2013 - SB 760 Wills & trusts; allows testator/settlor to petition court during his lifetime to determine validity.
  • 2013 - SB 761 Fiduciary attorney-client privilege; common law privilege to be extended to seeking advice.
  • 2013 - SB 905 Credit unions, federal; those operating within State to comply with Virginia Small Estate Act.
  • 2013 - SB 913 Personal representatives; access to digital accounts.
  • 2013 - SB 914 Digital accounts and assets; enables a fiduciary to gain access.
  • 2013 - SB 1052 Wills, trusts, and fiduciaries; revises and recodifies laws. Emergency.
  • 2013 - SB 1093 Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; creation of a transfer on death deed.
  • 2013 - SB 1229 Elections, State Board of; provides for Department of Elections and Commissioner of Elections.
  • 2015 - HB 1477 Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; created, codifies Act.
  • 2016 - HB 231 Augmented estate; elective share of surviving spouse.
  • 2024 - HB 678 Trusts; release or ratification of trustee by beneficiary, response of beneficiary in writing.