{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-710","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-710","heading":"Worthier title doctrine abolished","body":"Section 2–710. [Worthier Title Doctrine Abolished.]\nThe doctrine of worthier title shall not exist in the commonwealth either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a donative disposition as the transferor's ''heirs'', ''heirs at law'', ''next of kin'', ''distributes'', ''relatives'', or ''family'', or language of similar import, shall not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section2-710","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:28Z","sha256":"fa69f4d7bfc8768629534fdd74ea59b4f41b7266a580930a098395bcde11ba84","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-709","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}