Which term describes the person who will receive the property back if no remainder is named?

• A. Remainderman
• B. Life tenant
• C. Heir
• D. Reversioner

Answer: (D)

When property is given as a life estate, the owner holds it for someone’s life, and what happens after that depends on whether a remainder is named. If no remainder is named to take over after the life tenant dies, the property goes back to the grantor (the original owner) or, if the grantor has died, to the grantor’s heirs. The person who will receive the property back in that situation is the reversioner. This differs from a remainder, which would specify a named person to receive the property after the life estate ends. The life tenant is the one using the property during life, while an heir is simply someone who might inherit later, not the automatic recipient of a life estate ending without a named remainder.