{"data":{"id":"us-nm/45-2-710","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"45-2-710","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":["Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code","ARTICLE 2 Intestate Succession and Wills"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18546/index.do","current_through":"2024-09-06","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"f5bafa693f13ab5b5d38f330177109a0c7cdfba9b44bacc072bc2a7aee56f9e2","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/45-2-709","next":"us-nm/45-2-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}