The doctrine of worthier title and the doctrine of reversions shall not be in force in this Commonwealth as rules of law and as rules 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, shall not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Created 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2014.