{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-469.600","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.600","heading":"Doctrine of worthier title and Rule in Bingham's case abolished, effect of language describing beneficiaries.","body":"The doctrine of worthier title and the Rule in Bingham's case 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 XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 469 - Disclaimers of Property"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=469.600","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"91bbf585933022290b95e0b3458253da1d90227b42b3889a97a9ac15ef3c358b","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-469.467","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-469.900"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}