{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34-1-137","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 34-1-137","heading":"Fees tail prohibited; future interests of fees tail; worthier title doctrine abolished.","body":"(a) The creation of fees tail is not permitted. The use in an otherwise effective conveyance of property of language appropriate to create a fee tail, creates a fee simple in the person who would have taken a fee tail. Any future interest limited upon such an interest is a limitation upon the fee simple and its validity is determined accordingly.\n(b) The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a will, trust agreement, beneficiary designation or other governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as \"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 34 - PROPERTY, CONVEYANCES AND SECURITY TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS","ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title34.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"bc2fa4bd89fa7f51a509828f0e03148a94a1dcd3b99873f3ed6b6e97b415962e","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34-1-136","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-34-1-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}