Section 5. Administration shall not be granted to a public administrator when the husband, widow or an heir of the deceased, in writing, claims the right of administration or requests the appointment of some other suitable person to the trust, if such husband, widow, heir or other person accepts the trust and gives the bond required, nor when the sole known assets of the estate of the deceased consist of an amount of money standing to his credit in a savings bank or in a savings account in a trust company, in case such account has not been increased by a deposit, nor decreased by a withdrawal of any part of his deposits or of any part of the interest thereon, during a period of twenty years or more next preceding the petition for such administration.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Chapter 194 - Public Administrators
Section 1 - Appointment; Number; Term
Section 2 - Bond; Form; Conditions
Section 5 - Instances When Public Administrator Should Not Act
Section 5a - Waiting Period Before Administration
Section 6 - Compensation for Services of Person Taking Out Citation
Section 7 - Change After Grant of Letters to Public Administrator
Section 8 - Death, Resignation or Removal of Public Administrator
Section 9 - Powers Relating to Real Property
Section 10 - Unclaimed Balance of Estate; Deposit With Treasurer
Section 11 - Annual Accounts; Failure to Deposit Remaining Money With Treasurer on Final Settlement
Section 12 - Accounting to Successor Administrator or Executor
Section 13 - Administration of Pending Estates at Expiration of Administrator's Term
Section 16 - Action by District Attorney to Insure Prompt and Faithful Administration
Section 17 - Estates of Less Than $700
Section 18 - Exemption From Responsibility of Estates of Less Than $700