As provided by Chapter 26 (§ 64.2-2600 et seq.):

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 64.2-2727

  • Appointee: means a person to which a powerholder makes an appointment of appointive property. See Virginia Code 64.2-2700
  • Appointive property: means the property or property interest subject to a power of appointment. See Virginia Code 64.2-2700
  • Power of appointment: means a power that enables a powerholder acting in a nonfiduciary capacity to designate a recipient of an ownership interest in or another power of appointment over the appointive property. See Virginia Code 64.2-2700
  • Powerholder: means a person in which a donor creates a power of appointment. See Virginia Code 64.2-2700
  • Taker in default of appointment: means a person that takes all or part of the appointive property to the extent that the powerholder does not effectively exercise the power of appointment. See Virginia Code 64.2-2700

1. A powerholder may disclaim all or part of a power of appointment.

2. A permissible appointee, appointee, or taker in default of appointment may disclaim all or part of an interest in appointive property.

2016, c. 266.