N.M. Stat. § 45-2-710

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 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.

NMS § 45-2-710

1978 Comp., § 45-2-710, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 174, § 58.