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2010 Massachusetts Code
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 192 PROBATE OF WILLS AND APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS
- Section 1 Petition for probate; affidavit of knowledge and belief; certified copy of death 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- Section 1D Repealed, 1972, 574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 Decree allowing will, compromise, or adjudication of intestacy; conclusiveness; subsequent reversal
- Section 4 Letters testamentary; issuance; 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 of wife, 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 testamentary 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 will annexed
- Section 15 Termination of powers of temporary executors or administrators with will annexed; extension of appointment; discharge
- Section 16 Accounting by temporary executors or administrators with will annexed
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