Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code. > Article 2 - Intestate Succession and Wills, 45-2-101 through 45-2-1110. > Section 45-2-710 - Worthier-title doctrine abolished.

Section 45-2-710 - Worthier-title doctrine abolished.

45-2-710. 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.