Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2719: Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
Where this section sits in the code
- MI Code
- Chapter 700
- Act Act-386-of-1998
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.
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