{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-2-720","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-2-720","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 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS","Part 7. Rules of Construction Applicable to Wills and Other Governing Instruments"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0020/part_0070/section_0200/0720-0020-0070-0200.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:00Z","sha256":"43083c27550fd11f131b2f3dc1bdf013f1efb72bf8dfd192610614b9551601ae","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-2-719","next":"us-mt/72-2-721"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}