{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-11-710","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-11-710","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 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills","Part 7 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE TO WILLS AND OTHER GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-15.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"beb5f4779a59e2bbea2474f1aaa5bb388674c052ac28142113c74adcfdacab24","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-11-709","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-11-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}