Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

Section 22 - Petition and License to Sell Property for Maintenance or Investment; Form - Section 22. To obtain such license, the guardian or conservator...

Section 23 - Maintenance; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - Section 23. If the sale is made for the maintenance...

Section 24 - Investment; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - Section 24. If the property is sold in order to...

Section 25 - Property of Minors Sold for Investment; Persons Authorized to Sell - Section 25. A sale of the property of a minor...

Section 26 - Property of Minors Sold for Investment; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - Section 26. If the sale is made by a person...

Section 27 - Sales by Guardian of Non-Resident Ward; Transfer of Proceeds to Foreign Executor - Section 27. A guardian or conservator appointed within the commonwealth,...

Section 28 - Executor or Administrator; Authority to Mortgage - Section 28. The probate court may, upon petition and after...

Section 29 - Guardian or Conservator; Authority to Mortgage - Section 29. The probate court may, upon petition of a...

Section 30 - Petition and Decree for Mortgage; Form - Section 30. A petition under either of the two preceding...

Section 31 - Leases; Realty of Ward - Section 31. The probate court may, upon the petition of...

Section 32 - Foreign Executor; License to Sell Realty - Section 32. An executor or administrator appointed in another state...

Section 33 - Foreign Guardian or Conservator; License to Sell Realty of Ward - Section 33. If a person who resides out of the...

Section 34 - Foreign Fiduciary; Bond; Sufficiency; Filing - Section 34. If the court finds that such foreign guardian...

Section 35 - Foreign Fiduciary; Proceedings; Notice - Section 35. A foreign executor, administrator, guardian or conservator who...

Section 36 - Tenants by Entirety; Joinder in Sale, Mortgage or Lease of Realty - Section 36. On petition under any provision of this chapter...

Section 37 - Decree Upon Petition for Leave to Sell Property; Scope - Section 37. The decree of a probate court upon a...

Section 38 - Decree; Presumptions; Highest Possible Price - Section 38. After the entry of a decree authorizing or...

Chapter 203 - Trusts

Section 1 - Trusts in Realty; Necessity of Writing - Section 1. No trust concerning land, except such as may...

Section 2 - Record of Trust; Notice - Section 2. If a trust concerning land is created or...

Section 3 - Purchasers Without Notice - Section 3. No trust concerning land, whether implied by law...

Section 3a - Trusts for Benefit of Employees; Rule Against Perpetuities - Section 3A. A trust created by an employer as part...

Section 4 - Testamentary Trustee; Appointment - Section 4. If a testator has omitted in his will...

Section 4a - Definitions Applicable to This Section and Sec. 4b - Section 4A. The following words as used in this section...

Section 4b - Fiduciaries; Disclosure Statements; Contents - Section 4B. Prior to the execution by a customer of...

Section 14b - Securities Held by Fiduciaries; Powers of Fiduciaries; Records and Certification - Section 14B. (a) Unless expressly limited by the governing instrument,...

Section 40 - Trusts for the Benefit of Creditors; Validity of Certain Acts of Trustees; Insolvency Proceedings - Section 40. If a debtor residing in the commonwealth has...

Section 41 - Trusts for the Benefit of Creditors; Validity of Certain Acts of Trustees; Requirements; Fees; Statement of Trustee - Section 41. The preceding section shall not apply to the...

Section 42 - Trusts for the Benefit of Creditors; Termination of Trust - Section 42. If, upon petition or otherwise, the probate court...

Chapter 203a - Uniform Common Trust Fund Act

Section 1 - Establishment and Administration of Common Trust Fund - Section 1. Any individual, corporation or association qualified to act...

Section 1a - Investments by National Banking Association or Foreign Corporation Acting as Fiduciary - Section 1A. Any national banking association or foreign corporation either...

Section 2 - Fiduciary Consent - Section 2. If the individual, corporation or association maintaining a...

Section 3 - Account of the Administration of Common Trust Fund; Preparation and Audit; Proceeding for Allowance of Account - Section 3. An account of the administration of each common...

Section 4 - Construction - Section 4. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed...

Section 5 - Citation - Section 5. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform...

Section 6 - Severability - Section 6. If any provision of this chapter or the...

Chapter 203b - Uniform Custodial Trust Act

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. This chapter shall be known as and may...

Section 2 - Creation; Termination; Augmentation of Trust Property; Designation of Successor Trustee - Section 2. (a) A person may create a custodial trust...

Section 3 - Designation as Substitute or Successor Custodial Trustees - Section 3. (a) A person having the right to designate...

Section 4 - Custodial Trustee's Acceptance - Section 4. (a) Obligations of a custodial trustee, including the...

Section 5 - Transfer of Trust Property for Use and Benefit of Incapacitated Individual - Section 5. (a) Unless otherwise directed by an instrument designating...

Section 6 - Multiple Beneficiaries; Right of Survivorship - Section 6. (a) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created...

Section 7 - Vesting Title; Management of Trust Property; Duties - Section 7. (a) If appropriate, a custodial trustee shall register...

Section 8 - Trustee's Rights and Powers Over Trust Property - Section 8. (a) A custodial trustee, acting in a fiduciary...

Section 9 - Payments to Beneficiaries - Section 9. (a) A custodial trustee shall pay to the...

Section 10 - Administration of Trust for Incapacitated Beneficiary; Determination of Incapacity - Section 10. (a) The custodial trustee shall administer the custodial...

Section 11 - Third Person Dealing With One Purporting to Act as Trustee - Section 11. A third person in good faith and without...

Section 12 - Claims Against Trust Property; Trustee, Beneficiary Liability - Section 12. (a) A claim based on a contract entered...

Section 13 - Trustee Declining to Serve; Resignation; Petition for Removal - Section 13. (a) Before accepting the custodial trust property, a...

Section 14 - Expenses; Bond - Section 14. Except as otherwise provided in the instrument creating...

Section 15 - Written Statement of Property and Administration; Petition for Accounting - Section 15. (a) Upon the acceptance of custodial trust property,...

Section 16 - Claims for Relief; Time Limitations - Section 16. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), unless...

Section 17 - Termination of Trust; Order of Distribution - Section 17. (a) Upon termination of a custodial trust, the...

Section 18 - Transfer of Property to Create Trust - Section 18. (a) If a transaction, including a declaration with...

Section 19 - Applicable Law; Place of Transfer - Section 19. (a) This chapter shall apply to a transfer...

Chapter 203c - Prudent Investment

Section 1 - Citation - Section 1. This chapter shall be known as and may...

Section 2 - Trustees Managing Trust Assets; Duty to Comply With Prudent Investor Rule - Section 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...

Section 3 - Investment and Management Decisions - Section 3. (a) A trustee shall invest and manage trust...

Section 4 - Diversification - Section 4. A trustee shall reasonably diversify the investments of...

Section 5 - Review of Assets - Section 5. Within a reasonable time after accepting a trusteeship...

Section 6 - Beneficiaries' Interests - Section 6. A trustee shall invest and manage the trust...

Section 7 - Two or More Beneficiaries - Section 7. If a trust has two or more beneficiaries,...

Section 8 - Costs Incurred - Section 8. In investing and managing trust assets, a trustee...

Section 9 - Determination of Compliance With Prudent Investor Rule - Section 9. Compliance with the prudent investor rule shall be...

Section 10 - Delegation of Investment and Management Functions - Section 10. (a) A trustee may delegate investment and management...

Section 11 - Trust Provisions; Terms - Section 11. The following terms or comparable language in the...

Chapter 203d - Principal and Income

Section 1 - Short Title - Section 1. This chapter shall be known as and may...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 3 - Fiduciary Duties; General Principles - Section 3. (a) In allocating receipts and disbursements to or...

Section 4 - Trustee's Power to Adjust - Section 4. (a) A trustee may adjust between principal and...

Section 5 - Judicial Control of Discretionary Powers - Section 5. (a) A court shall not change a trustee's...

Section 6 - Determination and Distribution of Net Income - Section 6. After a decedent dies, in the case of...

Section 7 - Distribution to Residuary and Remainder Beneficiaries - Section 7. (a) Each beneficiary described in paragraph (4) of...

Section 8 - When Right to Income Begins and Ends - Section 8. (a) An income beneficiary is entitled to net...

Section 8a - Apportionment of Receipts and Disbursements When Decedent Dies or Income Interest Begins - Section 8A. (a) A trustee shall allocate an income receipt...

Section 9 - Apportionment When Income Interest Ends - Section 9. (a) When a mandatory income interest ends, the...

Section 10 - Character of Receipts - Section 10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 11 - Distribution From Trust or Estate - Section 11. A trustee shall allocate to income an amount...

Section 12 - Business and Other Activities Conducted by Trustee - Section 12. (a) If a trustee who conducts a business...

Section 13 - Principal Receipts - Section 13. If not allocated to income, a trustee shall...

Section 14 - Rental Property - Section 14. If a trustee accounts for receipts from rental...

Section 15 - Obligation to Pay Money - Section 15. (a) An amount received as interest, whether determined...

Section 16 - Insurance Policies and Similar Contracts - Section 16. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),...

Section 17 - Insubstantial Allocations Not Required - Section 17. If a trustee determines that an allocation between...

Section 18 - Deferred Compensation, Annuities and Similar Payments - Section 18. (a) If a payment is characterized as interest...

Section 19 - Liquidating Asset - Section 19. A trustee shall allocate to income 10 per...

Section 20 - Minerals, Water, and Other Natural Resources - Section 20. (a) If a trustee accounts for receipts from...

Section 21 - Timber - Section 21. (a) If a trustee accounts for receipts from...

Section 22 - Property Not Productive of Income - Section 22. (a) If a marital deduction is allowed for...

Section 23 - Derivatives and Options - Section 23. (a) To the extent that a trustee does...

Section 24 - Asset-Backed Securities - Section 24. (a) If a trust receives a payment from...

Section 25 - Disbursements From Income - Section 25. A trustee shall make the following disbursements from...

Section 26 - Disbursements From Principal - Section 26. (a) A trustee shall make the following disbursements...

Section 27 - Transfers From Income to Principal for Depreciation - Section 27. (a) A trustee may transfer to principal a...

Section 28 - Transfers From Income to Reimburse Principal - Section 28. If an amount chargeable to income is unusually...

Section 29 - Income Taxes - Section 29. (a) A tax required to be paid by...

Chapter 203e - Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code

Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 101 - Short Title - Section 101. Short title This chapter shall be known and...

Section 102 - Scope - Section 102. Scope This chapter applies to express trusts, charitable...

Section 103 - Definitions - Section 103. Definitions In this chapter the following words shall,...

Section 104 - Knowledge - Section 104. Knowledge (a) Subject to subsection (b), a person...

Section 105 - Default and Mandatory Rules - Section 105. Default and mandatory rules (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 106 - Common Law of Trusts; Principles of Equity - Section 106. Common law of trusts; principles of equity The...

Section 108 - Principal Place of Administration - Section 108. Principal place of administration (a) Without precluding other...

Section 109 - Methods and Waiver of Notice - Section 109. Methods and waiver of notice (a) Notice to...

Section 110 - Others Treated as Qualified Beneficiaries - Section 110. Others treated as qualified beneficiaries (a) Whenever notice...

Section 111 - Non-Judicial Settlement Agreements - Section 111. Non-judicial settlement agreements (a) For purposes of this...

Section 112 - Rules of Construction - Section 112. Rules of construction The rules of construction that...

Section 113 - Qualification of Foreign Trustee - Section 113. Qualification of foreign trustee A foreign corporate trustee...

Article 2 - Judicial Proceedings

Section 201 - Role of Court in Administration of Trust - Section 201. Role of court in administration of trust (a)...

Section 202 - Jurisdiction Over Trustee and Beneficiary - Section 202. Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary (a) By accepting...

Section 203 - Trust Proceedings; Dismissal of Matters Relating to Foreign Trusts - Section 203. Trust proceedings; dismissal of matters relating to foreign...

Section 204 - Venue - Section 204. Venue A trust shall be subject to the...

Section 205 - Petition for Transfers of Trust Property the Disposition of Which Depends Upon the Death of an Absentee - Section 205. Petition for transfers of trust property the disposition...

Article 3 - Representation

Section 301 - Representation: Basic Effect - Section 301. Representation: basic effect. (a) Notice to a person...

Section 302 - Representation by Holder of General Testamentary Power of Appointment - Section 302. Representation by holder of general testamentary power of...

Section 303 - Representation by Fiduciaries and Parents - Section 303. Representation by fiduciaries and parents To the extent...

Section 304 - Representation by Person Having Substantially Identical Interest - Section 304. Representation by person having substantially identical interest Unless...

Section 305 - Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem - Section 305. Appointment of guardian ad litem (a) If the...

Article 4 - Creation, Validity, Modification and Termination of Trust

Section 401 - Methods of Creating Trust - Section 401. Methods of creating trust A trust may be...

Section 402 - Requirements for Creation - Section 402. Requirements for creation (a) A trust shall be...

Section 403 - Trusts Created in Other Jurisdictions - Section 403. Trusts created in other jurisdictions A trust not...

Section 404 - Trust Purposes - Section 404. Trust purposes A trust may be created only...

Section 405 - Charitable Purposes; Enforcement - Section 405. Charitable purposes; enforcement (a) A charitable trust may...

Section 406 - Creation of Trust Induced by Fraud, Duress or Undue Influence - Section 406. Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress or...

Section 407 - Evidence of Oral Trust - Section 407. Evidence of oral trust Except as required by...

Section 408 - Trust for Care of an Animal - Section 408. Trust for care of an animal (a) A...

Section 409 - Non-Charitable Trust Without Ascertainable Beneficiary - Section 409. Non-charitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary. Except as otherwise...

Section 410 - Modification or Termination of Trust; Proceedings for Approval or Disapproval - Section 410. Modification or termination of trust; proceedings for approval...

Section 411 - Modification or Termination of Non-Charitable Irrevocable Trust by Consent - Section 411. Modification or termination of non-charitable irrevocable trust by...

Section 412 - Modification or Termination Because of Unanticipated Circumstances or Inability to Administer Trust Effectively - Section 412. Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or...

Section 414 - Modification or Termination of Uneconomic Trust - Section 414. Modification or termination of uneconomic trust (a) After...

Section 415 - Reformation to Correct Mistakes - Section 415. Reformation to correct mistakes The court may reform...

Section 417 - Combination and Division of Trusts - Section 417. Combination and division of trusts After notice to...

Article 5 - Creditor's Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts

Section 501 - Rights of Beneficiary's Creditor or Assignee - Section 501. Rights of beneficiary's creditor or assignee To the...

Section 502 - Spendthrift Provision - Section 502. Spendthrift provision (a) A spendthrift provision shall be...

Section 505 - Creditor's Claim Against Settlor - Section 505. Creditor's claim against settlor (a) Whether or not...

Section 506 - Overdue Distribution - Section 506. Overdue distribution (a) In this section, ''mandatory distribution''...

Section 507 - Personal Obligations of Trustee - Section 507. Personal obligations of trustee Trust property shall not...

Article 6 - Revocable Trusts

Section 602 - Revocation or Amendment of Revocable Trust - Section 602. Revocation or amendment of revocable trust (a) Unless...

Section 603 - Settlor's Powers; Powers of Withdrawal - Section 603. Settlor's powers; powers of withdrawal (a) While a...

Section 604 - Limitation on Action Contesting Validity of Revocable Trust; Distribution of Trust Property - Section 604. Limitation on action contesting validity of revocable trust;...

Article 7 - Office of Trustee

Section 701 - Accepting or Declining Trusteeship - Section 701. Accepting or declining trusteeship (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 702 - Duty to Provide Bond - Section 702. Duty to provide bond In the case of...

Section 703 - Co-Trustees - Section 703. Co-trustees (a) Co-trustees who are unable to reach...

Section 704 - Vacancy in Trusteeship; Appointment of Successor - Section 704. Vacancy in trusteeship; appointment of successor (a) A...

Section 705 - Resignation of Trustee - Section 705. Resignation of trustee (a) A trustee may resign:...

Section 706 - Removal of Trustee - Section 706. Removal of trustee (a) The settlor, a co-trustee...

Section 707 - Delivery of Property by Former Trustee - Section 707. Delivery of property by former trustee A trustee...

Section 708 - Compensation of Trustee - Section 708. Compensation of trustee (a) If the terms of...

Section 709 - Reimbursement of Expenses - Section 709. Reimbursement of expenses (a) A trustee shall be...

Article 8 - Duties and Powers of Trustee

Section 801 - Duty to Administer Trust - Section 801. Duty to administer trust Upon acceptance of a...

Section 802 - Duty of Loyalty - Section 802. Duty of loyalty (a) A trustee shall administer...

Section 803 - Impartiality - Section 803. Impartiality If a trust has 2 or more...

Section 804 - Prudent Administration - Section 804. Prudent administration A trustee shall administer the trust...

Section 805 - Costs of Administration - Section 805. Costs of administration In administering a trust, the...

Section 806 - Trustee's Skills - Section 806. Trustee's skills A trustee who has special skills...

Section 807 - Delegation by Trustee - Section 807. Delegation by trustee (a) A trustee may delegate...

Section 808 - Powers to Direct - Section 808. Powers to direct (a) While a trust is...

Section 809 - Control and Protection of Trust Property - Section 809. Control and protection of trust property A trustee...

Section 810 - Recordkeeping and Identification of Trust Property - Section 810. Recordkeeping and identification of trust property (a) A...

Section 811 - Enforcement and Defense of Claims - Section 811. Enforcement and defense of claims A trustee shall...

Section 812 - Collecting Trust Property - Section 812. Collecting trust property A trustee shall take reasonable...

Section 813 - Duty to Inform and Report - Section 813. Duty to inform and report (a) A trustee...

Section 814 - Discretionary Powers; Tax Savings - Section 814. Discretionary powers; tax savings (a) Notwithstanding the broad...

Section 815 - General Powers of Trustee - Section 815. General powers of trustee (a) A trustee, without...

Section 816 - Specific Powers of Trustee - Section 816. Specific powers of trustee Without limiting the authority...

Section 817 - Distribution Upon Termination - Section 817. Distribution upon termination (a) Upon termination or partial...

Article 10 - Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing With Trustee

Section 1001 - Remedies for Breach of Trust - Section 1001. Remedies for breach of trust (a) A violation...

Section 1005 - Limitation of Action Against Trustee - Section 1005. Limitation of action against trustee (a) Unless previously...

Section 1006 - Reliance on Trust Instrument - Section 1006. Reliance on trust instrument A trustee who acts...

Section 1007 - Event Affecting Administration or Distribution - Section 1007. Event affecting administration or distribution If the happening...

Section 1008 - Exculpation of Trustee - Section 1008. Exculpation of trustee (a) A term of a...

Section 1009 - Beneficiary's Consent, Release or Ratification - Section 1009. Beneficiary's consent, release or ratification A trustee shall...

Section 1010 - Limitation on Personal Liability of Trustee - Section 1010. Limitation on personal liability of trustee (a) Except...

Section 1011 - Interest as General Partner - Section 1011. Interest as general partner (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 1012 - Protection of Person Dealing With Trustee - Section 1012. Protection of person dealing with trustee (a) A...

Section 1013 - Certification of Trust - Section 1013. Certification of trust (a) Instead of furnishing a...

Chapter 204 - General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by Executors, Etc.

Section 1 - Specific Performance of Decedent's Land Contracts - Section 1. If a person who has entered into a...

Section 2 - Consent of a Deceased Person; Power of Court to Decree Conveyance - Section 2. If, under a will, the sale of real...

Section 4 - Vested or Contingent Interests; Power of Fiduciaries to Release - Section 4. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee may,...

Section 5 - Cemetery Lots; Sale or Release - Section 5. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee may...

Section 6 - Mortgage Given Under License of Court; Contents - Section 6. A mortgage given by an executor, administrator, guardian,...

Section 7 - Petitions for Sales by Foreign Fiduciaries; Venue - Section 7. All proceedings in probate courts relative to sales...

Section 8 - License to Sell; Duration - Section 8. No license to sell by an executor, administrator,...

Section 9 - Proceeds of Sales; Surplus; Disposition - Section 9. In every sale of the real estate of...

Section 10 - Grant of License; Objections; Costs - Section 10. If a person appears and objects to the...

Section 11 - Persons Licensed to Sell Realty; Examination - Section 11. A person authorized to sell land under license...

Section 12 - Church, etc., Property; Sale or Transfer - Section 12. The supreme judicial court, upon petition of a...

Section 19 - Irregularities in Proceedings; Effect - Section 19. No sale of real estate under license of...

Section 20 - Adverse Claims to Title - Section 20. If the validity of a sale is drawn...

Section 21 - Debts; Adjudication; Finality - Section 21. If a license is granted by a probate...

Section 22 - Realty Sold by Fiduciaries; Limitation of Action or Entry - Section 22. No action for the recovery of property sold...

Section 23 - Void Acts of Fiduciaries; Confirmation or Setting Aside - Section 23. If an act or proceeding of a person...

Section 24 - Doubtful Acts or Proceedings of Fiduciaries or Court; Ratification - Section 24. If the authority or validity of an act...

Section 25 - Irregularly Appointed Fiduciary; Liability to Account - Section 25. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner...

Section 26 - Notice of Sale; Failure of Proof; Remedy - Section 26. If an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver,...

Section 27 - Release; Powers - Section 27. A power of appointment, whether or not coupled...

Section 28 - Method of Release - Section 28. A power releasable according to section twenty-seven, or...

Section 29 - Effect and Scope of Release - Section 29. A release executed by the donee of a...

Section 30 - Exercise of Power by Several Persons; Release by One; Effect - Section 30. If a power of appointment releasable according to...

Section 31 - Release; Definition - Section 31. The word ''release'', as used in sections twenty-eight...

Section 32 - Restraint of Alienation or Anticipation Provisions - Section 32. Release of a power of appointment otherwise releasable...

Section 33 - Construction - Section 33. Sections twenty-seven to thirty-two, inclusive, shall so far...

Section 35 - Release or Disclaimer; Construction - Section 35. Nothing in sections twenty-seven to thirty-four, inclusive, shall...

Section 36 - Severability - Section 36. If any of the provisions in sections twenty-seven...

Chapter 205 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers

Section 1 - Bond of Receiver of Absentee or Guardian - Section 1. A receiver of an absentee, and, unless otherwise...

Section 6a - Surety Not Required on Bonds Filed by National Banks - Section 6A. No surety shall be required upon bonds filed...

Section 9 - Sureties on Bonds; Requirements - Section 9. Sureties on probate bonds shall be inhabitants of...

Section 10 - Approval by Judge or Register - Section 10. No bond required to be given to a...

Section 11 - Joint Fiduciaries; Joint or Separate Bonds - Section 11. Two or more persons acting jointly as executors,...

Section 12 - Joint Executors; Failure to Give Bond; Effect - Section 12. If two or more persons are appointed executors,...

Section 13 - Fiduciary; License to Sell or Mortgage Realty; Additional Bond - Section 13. If a license or authority to sell or...

Section 14 - Insufficiency of Sureties; New Bond - Section 14. If the sureties or the penal sum in...

Section 15 - Discharge of Sureties; New Bond - Section 15. A surety on a probate bond may, upon...

Section 16 - Failure to Give New Bond; Effect - Section 16. If, in the cases specified in the two...

Section 17 - Sureties on Prior Bond; Liability - Section 17. If a new bond is required as above...

Section 18 - Penal Sum of Bond; Reduction - Section 18. If a surety company becomes surety on a...

Section 19 - Woman Fiduciary; Effect of Marriage - Section 19. In case of the marriage of a woman...

Section 19a - Joint Control of Trust Estates; Agreements Between Fiduciaries and Sureties; Authorization - Section 19A. Any receiver, assignee, guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, administrator...

Section 20 - Actions Upon Bonds by Creditors - Section 20. A bond given by an executor or administrator...

Section 21 - Creditors; Amount Due Ascertained by Decree of Distribution - Section 21. A creditor of an estate which has been...

Section 22 - Actions Upon Bonds by Next of Kin - Section 22. Such action may be brought by a person...

Section 23 - Actions Upon Bonds by Person Aggrieved by Maladministration of Fiduciary - Section 23. If the probate court, upon the representation of...

Section 24 - Judge as Obligor - Section 24. If a judge of probate is obligor, either...

Section 25 - Wife of Probate Judge as Obligor - Section 25. The wife of a judge of probate may...

Section 26 - Endorsement of Writ - Section 26. In every action on a bond under sections...

Section 27 - Obligor; Summoning - Section 27. If the principal in the bond is a...

Section 28 - Obligor; Failure to Appear; Effect - Section 28. The sureties may take out a writ, in...

Section 29 - Actions Upon Bonds Given by Guardians, Conservators, Trustees or Other Fiduciary - Section 29. Except as otherwise provided, a bond given by...

Section 30 - Venue for Actions Upon Bonds - Section 30. An action on a bond payable to a...

Section 31 - Form of Execution - Section 31. If the court finds that there has been...

Section 32 - Execution for Use of Particular Person; Procedure - Section 32. If an execution awarded under the preceding section...

Section 33 - Execution for Undesignated Persons; Procedure - Section 33. If such execution is awarded without expressing it...

Section 34 - New Breach; Effect - Section 34. If, after execution has once been awarded in...

Section 35 - Bond of Guardian or Conservator; Limitation of Action Against Sureties - Section 35. No action shall be maintained against the sureties...

Chapter 206 - Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers

Section 2 - Forms of Accounts - Section 2. Accounts rendered to the probate court by an...

Section 3 - Examination on Oath - Section 3. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver...

Section 4 - Securities and Moneys; Requirement of Production - Section 4. In settling an account of any executor, administrator,...

Section 5 - Property; Accounting; Profits or Losses - Section 5. An executor or administrator with respect to personal...

Section 6 - Property Subject to Accountings - Section 6. An executor or administrator with respect to personal...

Section 7 - Account of Guardian or Conservator of Mentally Ill Person or a Person With an Intellectual Disability; Allowance; Condition Precedent - Section 7. No final account or discharge of a guardian...

Section 8 - Income From Realty; Accounting; Manner - Section 8. If real estate of a deceased person is...

Section 9 - Mortgaged Realty; Manner of Accounting; Right of Entry - Section 9. If a mortgagee of real estate or an...

Section 10 - Mortgaged Realty; Redemption; Release - Section 10. Upon the redemption of such mortgage the money...

Section 11 - Realty Taken by Executor or Administrator on Execution; Personal Assets - Section 11. If an executor or administrator recovers judgment for...

Section 12 - Realty Held in Mortgage or on Execution; Manner of Sale - Section 12. Real estate held by an executor or administrator...

Section 13 - Realty Held in Mortgage or on Execution; Disposition - Section 13. If real estate so held by an executor...

Section 14 - Burial Lot and Monument; Allowance - Section 14. A reasonable amount expended for a burial lot...

Section 15 - Perpetual Care; Costs - Section 15. An executor or administrator may pay to a...

Section 17 - Expense of Procuring Surety Chargeable on Estate - Section 17. Money paid with the approval of the judge...

Section 31 - Settlement by Receivers - Section 31. The following claims shall, in the settlement of...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts