General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
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 |
CHAPTER 190B. MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE |
ARTICLE V. PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY |
SECTION 5-101. Definitions and inclusions |
SECTION 5-102. Facility of payment or delivery |
SECTION 5-103. Delegation of powers by parent or guardian |
SECTION 5-104. Reserved |
SECTION 5-105. Venue |
SECTION 5-106. Appointment of counsel; guardian ad litem |
SECTION 5-107. Protection of minors |
SECTION 5-201. Appointment and status of guardian of minor |
SECTION 5-202. Parental or guardian appointment of guardian for minor |
SECTION 5-203. Objection by minor fourteen or older to parental appointment |
SECTION 5-204. Court appointment of guardian of minor; conditions for appointment; temporary guardian |
SECTION 5-205. Reserved |
SECTION 5-206. Procedure for court appointment of guardian of minor |
SECTION 5-207. Court appointment of guardian of minor; qualifications; priority of minor's nominee |
SECTION 5-208. Bond; consent to service by acceptance of appointment; notice |
SECTION 5-209. Powers, duties, rights and immunities of guardian of minor; limitations |
SECTION 5-210. Termination of appointment of guardian; general |
SECTION 5-211. Reserved |
SECTION 5-212. Resignation, removal, and other post-appointment proceedings |
SECTION 5-301. Nomination of guardian for incapacitated person by will or other writing |
SECTION 5-302. Reserved |
SECTION 5-303. Procedure for court appointment of a guardian of an incapacitated person |
SECTION 5-304. Notice in guardianship or conservatorship proceeding |
SECTION 5-305. Who may be guardian; parties |
SECTION 5-306. Findings; order of appointment |
SECTION 5-306A. Substituted judgment |
SECTION 5-307. Bond; acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction |
SECTION 5-308. Emergency orders; temporary guardians |
SECTION 5-309. Powers, duties, rights and immunities of guardians, limitations |
SECTION 5-310. Termination of guardianship for incapacitated person |
SECTION 5-311. Removal or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity |
SECTION 5-312. Reserved |
SECTION 5-313. Religious freedom of incapacitated person |
SECTION 5-401. Management of estate |
SECTION 5-402. Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of business affairs of protected persons |
SECTION 5-403. Reserved |
SECTION 5-404. Original petition for appointment or protective order |
SECTION 5-405. Notice |
SECTION 5-406. Reserved |
SECTION 5-407. Findings; order of appointment; permissible court orders |
SECTION 5-408. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized |
SECTION 5-409. Who may be appointed conservator; penalties |
SECTION 5-410. Bond |
SECTION 5-411. Terms and Requirements of Bonds |
SECTION 5-412. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction |
SECTION 5-412A. Emergency orders; temporary conservators |
SECTION 5-413. Compensation and expenses |
SECTION 5-414. Reserved |
SECTION 5-415. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment |
SECTION 5-416. General duty of conservator; plan |
SECTION 5-417. Inventory and records |
SECTION 5-418. Accounts |
SECTION 5-419. Conservators; title by appointment |
SECTION 5-420. Recording of conservator's letters |
SECTION 5-421. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest voidable; exceptions |
SECTION 5-422. Persons dealing with conservators; protection |
SECTION 5-423A. Delegation |
SECTION 5-423. Powers of conservator in administration |
SECTION 5-424. Distributive duties and powers of conservator |
SECTION 5-425. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator |
SECTION 5-426. Preservation of estate plan; right to examine |
SECTION 5-427. Claims against protected person |
SECTION 5-428. Personal liability of conservator |
SECTION 5-429. Removal or resignation of conservator; termination of disability; termination of proceedings |
SECTION 5-430. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings |
SECTION 5-431. Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers |
SECTION 5-501. Definition |
SECTION 5-502. Durable power of attorney not affected by lapse of time, disability or incapacity |
SECTION 5-503. Relation of attorney in fact to court-appointed fiduciary |
SECTION 5-504. Power of attorney not revoked until notice |
SECTION 5-505. Proof of continuance of durable and other powers of attorney by affidavit |
SECTION 5-506. Enforcement |
SECTION 5-507. Protection; third parties |