Utah Code § 75-2-710: Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 75 Utah Uniform Probate Code
- Chapter 75-2 Intestate Succession and Wills
- Part 75-2-7 Rules of Construction for Governing Instruments
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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