{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-8b-18","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 44D-8B-18","heading":"Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary.","body":"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:\n(1) The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record and the modification applies only to the person;\n(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\n(3) The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.","path":["CHAPTER 44D. UNIFORM TRUST CODE.","ARTICLE 8B. WEST VIRGINIA UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44D-8B-18/","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":"b5ccda1301640f8753fd62418dab6eb7af2cf0145f2f074063a612d07cca664b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-8b-17","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-8b-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}