Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017) |
Title 13. DECEDENTS' ESTATES, GUARDIANSHIPS, TRANSFERS, TRUSTS, AND HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. |
Chapter 13.12. INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS. |
Article 13.12.08. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE TO WILLS AND OTHER GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS. |
Section 13.12.710. Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
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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.
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History
(Sec. 3 ch 75 SLA 1996)