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Va. Code Ann. § 64.2-779.15

Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary

2017, c. 592.

An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first-trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless:

1. The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record and the modification applies only to the person;

2. The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed record and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person; or

3. The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.