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S.C. Code Ann. § 27-6-40

Reformation of property dispositions

1987 Act No. 12, SECTION 1; 2025 Act No. 25 (H.3432), SECTION 2, eff May 8, 2025.

Upon the petition of an interested person, a court shall reform a disposition in the manner that most closely approximates the transferor's manifested plan of distribution and is within the three hundred sixty years permitted by this chapter if:

(1) a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment becomes invalid under Section 27-6-20;

(2) a class gift is not but may become invalid under Section 27-6-20 and the time has arrived when the share of any class member is to take effect in possession or enjoyment; or

(3) a nonvested property interest that is not validated by Section 27-6-20(A)(1) can vest but not within three hundred sixty years after its creation.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.