{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-689.175","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 689.175","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.\nHistory.—s. 23, ch. 2006-217.","path":["TITLE XL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY","CHAPTER 689 CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0689/0689.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:12:17Z","sha256":"8814ccf3fb8f269a83e870aecbc49f1ae1465b48ff9783668cb174e6ba303d51","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-689.17","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-689.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}