If a life estate is created with no named remainder, which outcome is correct?

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When a life estate is created and no remainder is named, the grantor holds a reversion. The life estate gives rights for the life of a person, and once that measuring life ends there must be a future interest; without a named remainder, the property automatically comes back to the grantor as a reversion. That’s why the correct outcome is the property reverting to the grantor. The other options don’t fit: the property isn’t destroyed at the end of the life estate, there isn’t an automatic shift to a tenancy in common among heirs, and it doesn’t convert to fee simple absolute unless a separate provision creates that result.