Section 2. Accounts rendered to the probate court by an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or conservator shall be for a period distinctly stated therein, and consist of three schedules, of which the first shall show the amount of personal property, and with respect to a trustee, guardian or conservator also the amount of the real property, according to the inventory, or, instead thereof, the amount of the balance of the next prior account, as the case may be, and all income and other property received and gains from the sale of any property or otherwise; the second shall show payments, charges, losses and distributions; the third shall show the investment of the balance of such account, if any, and changes of investment. A trustee shall state in his accounts the receipts of principal and income separately and also the payments and charges on account of such principal and income separately.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Section 3 - Examination on Oath
Section 4 - Securities and Moneys; Requirement of Production
Section 5 - Property; Accounting; Profits or Losses
Section 6 - Property Subject to Accountings
Section 8 - Income From Realty; Accounting; Manner
Section 9 - Mortgaged Realty; Manner of Accounting; Right of Entry
Section 10 - Mortgaged Realty; Redemption; Release
Section 11 - Realty Taken by Executor or Administrator on Execution; Personal Assets
Section 12 - Realty Held in Mortgage or on Execution; Manner of Sale
Section 13 - Realty Held in Mortgage or on Execution; Disposition
Section 14 - Burial Lot and Monument; Allowance
Section 15 - Perpetual Care; Costs
Section 17 - Expense of Procuring Surety Chargeable on Estate