2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 6 - UNIFORM STATUTORY RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES
Section 27-6-40 - Reformation of property dispositions.

Upon the petition of an interested person, a court shall reform a disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor's manifested plan of distribution and is within the ninety years permitted by this chapter if:

(1) a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment becomes invalid under Section 27-6-20;

(2) a class gift is not but may become invalid under Section 27-6-20 and the time has arrived when the share of any class member is to take effect in possession or enjoyment; or

(3) a nonvested property interest that is not validated by Section 27-6-20(A)(1) can vest but not within ninety years after its creation.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 12, Section 1.