Section 14. (a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to (i) the duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to support the minor, or (ii) any other income or property of the minor which may be applicable or available for that purpose.
(b) On petition of an interested person or the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen years, the court may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the court considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.
(c) A delivery, payment, or expenditure under this section is in addition to, not in substitution for, and shall not affect any obligation of a person to support the minor.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Chapter 201a - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
Section 2 - Scope and Jurisdiction
Section 3 - Nomination of Custodian
Section 4 - Transfer by Gift or Exercise of Power of Appointment
Section 5 - Transfer Authorized by Will or Trust
Section 6 - Other Transfer by Fiduciary
Section 7 - Transfer by Obligor
Section 8 - Receipt for Custodial Property
Section 10 - Single Custodianship
Section 11 - Validity and Effect of Transfer
Section 12 - Care of Custodial Property
Section 13 - Powers of Custodian
Section 14 - Use of Custodial Property
Section 15 - Custodian's Expenses, Compensation, and Bond
Section 16 - Exemption of Third Person From Liability
Section 17 - Liability to Third Persons
Section 19 - Accounting by and Determination of Liability of Custodian
Section 20 - Termination of Custodianship
Section 22 - Effect on Existing Custodianships