GroundRules
PROB § 21108
Where this section sits in the code
- Probate Code - PROB
- DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS [21101. - 21700.]
- PART 1. RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUMENTS [21101. - 21140.]
- CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [21101. - 21118.]
The law of this state does not include (a) the common law rule of worthier title that a transferor cannot devise an interest to his or her own heirs or (b) a presumption or rule of interpretation that a transferor does not intend, by a transfer to his or her own heirs or next of kin, to transfer an interest to them. The meaning of a transfer of a legal or equitable interest to a transferor’s own heirs or next of kin, however designated, shall be determined by the general rules applicable to the interpretation of instruments.
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