{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.2719","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2719","heading":"Worthier-title doctrine abolished.","body":"Sec. 2719.\n\nThe 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":["MI Code","Chapter 700","Act Act-386-of-1998"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-2719","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"1a8ba974b9e9472adeb7ca8b92a2e477f294d7cd513e2cd1d612252439a76a87","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.2718","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.2720"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}