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 201 GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS
Section 27 Appointment of guardian or conservator for non-resident

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2009. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 21. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 27. If a person who is liable to be put under guardianship or conservatorship under this chapter resides out of the commonwealth and has any estate therein, a friend of such person or any one interested in his estate, in expectancy or otherwise, may apply to the probate court for a county where there is such estate, which, after notice to all persons interested and a hearing, may appoint a guardian or conservator for him.