Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.600: Doctrine of worthier title and Rule in Bingham's case abolished, effect of language describing beneficiaries.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
- Chapter 469 - Disclaimers of Property
The doctrine of worthier title and the Rule in Bingham's case 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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