Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2719

Current through Public Act 156 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 700.2719 - Worthier-title doctrine abolished

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.

MCL 700.2719

1998, Act 386, Eff. 4/1/2000 .