Michigan Compiled Laws § 700.2719 Worthier-title Doctrine Abolished.

700.2719 Worthier-title doctrine abolished.

Sec. 2719.

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: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Popular Name: EPIC

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