Missouri § 469.600 Doctrine of worthier title and Rule in Bingham's case abolished, effect of language describing beneficiaries.

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§ 469.600 — Doctrine of worthier title and Rule in Bingham's case abolished, effect of language describing beneficiaries.

Missouri § 469.600

Title XXXITRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY

Ch. 469Disclaimers of Property

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.600 (2026).

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The doctrine of worthier title and the Rule in Bingham's case 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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The doctrine of worthier title and the Rule in Bingham's case 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.