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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 192. — PROBATE OF WILLS AND APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS.
- Section 1. Petition for probate; affidavit of knowledge and belief; certified copy ofdeath certificate.
- Section 1A. Parties to probate proceedings; attorney general.
- Section 1B. Guardian ad litem for incompetent surviving spouse.
- Section 1C. Guardian ad litem for children omitted from wills.
- Section 1D. Repealed — 1972, 574.
- Section 2. Proof of will in uncontested proceedings; waiver of proof.
- Section 3. Conclusive effect of decrees allowing will — or compromise or adjudicatingintestacy; subsequent reversals or qualifications.
- Section 4. Letters testamentary; issue; qualifications of executor; bond.
- Section 5. Executor other than person named in will.
- Section 6. Minors named as executors.
- Section 7. Judge or register of probate as executor or administrator of estate ofwife — children or parents.
- Section 8. Death of executor; completion of duties.
- Section 9. Hearing on foreign wills.
- Section 10. Order allowing foreign will.
- Section 11. Granting of letters on foreign will; settlement of estate.
- Section 12. Notification of devisees and legatees.
- Section 13. Appointment of temporary executors; notice.
- Section 14. Powers and duties of temporary executors or administrators with willannexed.
- Section 15. Termination of powers of temporary executors or administrators with willannexed; extension of appointment; discharge.
- Section 16. Accounting by temporary executors or administrators with will annexed.
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