29A-2-710. Worthier-title doctrine abolished.The doctrine of worthier title does not exist in this state either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's 'heirs,' 'heirs at law,' 'next of kin,' 'distributees,' 'relatives,' or 'family,' or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor. Source: SL 1995, ch 167, §2-710. 29A-2-710. Worthier-title doctrine abolished.The doctrine of worthier title does not exist in this state either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's 'heirs,' 'heirs at law,' 'next of kin,' 'distributees,' 'relatives,' or 'family,' or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor. Source: SL 1995, ch 167, §2-710.
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