§ 689.175, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 689. CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST
Worthier title doctrine abolished.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 23, ch. 2006-217.
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