{"data":{"id":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-2-710","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"18-C M.R.S. §2-710","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 18-C: PROBATE CODE","PART 7: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE TO WILLS AND OTHER GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec2-710.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"80972f97e2cf38df781a57834baf85a05d584e81f8e3f73192a2b314c2b378c8","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-2-709","next":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-2-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}