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Florida Real And Personal Property Code Section 689.175 - Conveyances Of Land And Declarations Of Trust - Worthier title doctrine abolished.

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Title XL   REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 689   CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST

¹689.175  Worthier title doctrine abolished.--The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and 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.

History.--s. 23, ch. 2006-217.

¹Note.--Effective July 1, 2007.

Last modified: November 21, 2006