{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-8b-10","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 44D-8B-10","heading":"Formalities.","body":"An exercise of the decanting power must be made in a record signed by an authorized fiduciary. The signed record must, directly or by reference to the notice required by §44D-8B-7 of this code, identify the first trust and the second trust or trusts and state the property of the first trust being distributed to each second trust and the property, if any, that remains in the first trust.","path":["CHAPTER 44D. UNIFORM TRUST CODE.","ARTICLE 8B. WEST VIRGINIA UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44D-8B-10/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:42Z","sha256":"3672f245ec7673ee792abf1c035cd4e6b41b2349b59f94392df29a9519dabe0c","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-8b-9","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-8b-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}