Wyoming § 34-1-137 Fees tail prohibited; future interests of fees
tail; worthier title doctrine abolished

Wyoming Statutes

§ 34-1-137 — Fees tail prohibited; future interests of fees tail; worthier title doctrine abolished

Wyoming § 34-1-137

Title 34Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-1-137 (2026).

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(a)The creation of fees tail is not permitted. The use in an otherwise effective conveyance of property of language appropriate to create a fee tail, creates a fee simple in the person who would have taken a fee tail. Any future interest limited upon such an interest is a limitation upon the fee simple and its validity is determined accordingly.

(b)The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a will, trust agreement, beneficiary designation or other governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as "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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(a) The creation of fees tail is not permitted. The use in
an otherwise effective conveyance of property of language
appropriate to create a fee tail, creates a fee simple in the
person who would have taken a fee tail. Any future interest
limited upon such an interest is a limitation upon the fee
simple and its validity is determined accordingly.
(b) The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule
of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a will, trust
agreement, beneficiary designation or other governing instrument
describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as "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.