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 196 ALLOWANCES TO WIDOWS AND CHILDREN, AND ADVANCEMENTS
Section 1 Apparel and ornaments; rent-free possession of house

MA Gen L ch 196 § 1 What's This?

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 15. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 1. Articles of apparel and ornaments of the surviving spouse and minor children of a deceased person shall belong to them respectively. The surviving spouse may remain in the house of a deceased spouse for not more than six months next succeeding the death without being chargeable for rent.

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