{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.12.710","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.12.710","heading":"Worthier-title doctrine abolished.","body":"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.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers.","Article 8. Rules of Construction Applicable to Wills and Other Governing Instruments."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.12.710","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"54ad452589d04b504552760fa5a16a7b700e2e2c2fbea1ed0396638d9d591f63","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.12.709","next":"us-ak/as-13.12.711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}