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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts
Chapter 190b - Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code
Article II - Intestacy, Wills and Donative Transfers
Section 2-710 - Worthier Title Doctrine Abolished
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MA Gen L ch II § 2-710 (2023)
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Section 2–710. [Worthier Title Doctrine Abolished.]
The doctrine of worthier title shall not exist in the commonwealth either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a donative disposition as the transferor's ''heirs'', ''heirs at law'', ''next of kin'', ''distributes'', ''relatives'', or ''family'', or language of similar import, shall not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.
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