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 1B Guardian ad litem for incompetent surviving spouse

[ Text of section effective until November 2, 2010. For text effective November 2, 2010, see below.]

Section 1B. If it appears in the petition for the probate of will that the surviving spouse of the deceased person is incompetent by reason of insanity, mental retardation or minority, or is under conservatorship, unless the spouse is represented by someone other than the petitioner, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed and made a party to the petition and shall be given notice of all proceedings relative to the probate of the will or granting of letters testamentary.

Chapter 192: Section 1B. Guardian ad litem for incompetent surviving spouse

[ Text of section as amended by 2010, 239, Sec. 63 effective November 2, 2010 until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 12. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

If it appears in the petition for the probate of will that the surviving spouse of the deceased person is incompetent by reason of insanity, intellectual disability or minority, or is under conservatorship, unless the spouse is represented by someone other than the petitioner, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed and made a party to the petition and shall be given notice of all proceedings relative to the probate of the will or granting of letters testamentary.