N.M. Stat. § 45-2-710

Worthier-title doctrine abolished.

Last amended: 1993Year: 2026Length: 60 wordsOfficial source
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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