{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-75-2-710","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 75-2-710","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 75 Utah Uniform Probate Code","Chapter 75-2 Intestate Succession and Wills","Part 75-2-7 Rules of Construction for Governing Instruments"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/75-2-S710.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"d979c2fc3ad3b1ef5b69db5249c979fcc4568bc329d2edc511b3b49c7a19eb23","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-75-2-709","next":"us-ut/utah-code-75-2-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}