Equitable separate estates abolished

Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-209
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The estate known as the equitable separate estate no longer exists and any language in any writing, whenever executed, that purports to convey real property to a person as an equitable separate estate has no legal or equitable significance after January 1, 1991, except as provided in § 64.2-301 or 64.2-308.2 . 1992, cc. 617, 647, § 55-47.01; 2016, cc. 187 , 269 ; 2019, c. 712 .
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