Kansas § 58-503 Same (grant or devise to person for life and then to some other)

Kansas Statutes

§ 58-503 — Same (grant or devise to person for life and then to some other)

Kansas § 58-503

Ch. 58PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY

Art. 5REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY GRANTED OR DEVISED (THE PROPERTY ACT OF 1939)

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-503 (2026).

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When real or personal property is granted or devised to one person for life, and then to some other person, or persons, whether named individually or as one or more of a class of which the individuals can be ascertained by the time the fee is possessed, the instrument by which such property is so transferred shall be construed as creating in the person first named an estate during the person's lifetime only, and a remainder in fee simple in the person or persons last named.

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When real or personal property is granted or devised to one person for life, and then to some other person, or persons, whether named individually or as one or more of a class of which the individuals can be ascertained by the time the fee is possessed, the instrument by which such property is so transferred shall be construed as creating in the person first named an estate during the person's lifetime only, and a remainder in fee simple in the person or persons last named.