2012 Massachusetts General Laws
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS(Chapters 183 through 210)
TITLE II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
CHAPTER 190B MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
ARTICLE V PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY

• Section 5-101 Definitions and inclusions
• Section 5-102 Facility of payment or delivery
• Section 5-103 Delegation of powers by parent or guardian
• Section 5-104 Reserved
• Section 5-105 Venue
• Section 5-106 Appointment of counsel; guardian ad litem
• Section 5-107 Protection of minors
• Section 5-201 Appointment and status of guardian of minor
• Section 5-202 Parental or guardian appointment of guardian for minor
• Section 5-203 Objection by minor fourteen or older to parental appointment
• Section 5-204 Court appointment of guardian of minor; conditions for appointment; temporary guardian
• Section 5-205 Reserved
• Section 5-206 Procedure for court appointment of guardian of minor
• Section 5-207 Court appointment of guardian of minor; qualifications; priority of minor’s nominee
• Section 5-208 Bond; consent to service by acceptance of appointment; notice
• Section 5-209 Powers, duties, rights and immunities of guardian of minor; limitations
• Section 5-210 Termination of appointment of guardian; general
• Section 5-211 Reserved
• Section 5-212 Resignation, removal, and other post-appointment proceedings
• Section 5-301 Nomination of guardian for incapacitated person by will or other writing
• Section 5-302 Reserved
• Section 5-303 Procedure for court appointment of a guardian of an incapacitated person
• Section 5-304 Notice in guardianship or conservatorship proceeding
• Section 5-305 Who may be guardian; parties
• Section 5-306 Findings; order of appointment
• Section 5-306A Substituted judgment
• Section 5-307 Bond; acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction
• Section 5-308 Emergency orders; temporary guardians
• Section 5-309 Powers, duties, rights and immunities of guardians, limitations
• Section 5-310 Termination of guardianship for incapacitated person
• Section 5-311 Removal or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity
• Section 5-312 Reserved
• Section 5-313 Religious freedom of incapacitated person
• Section 5-401 Management of estate
• Section 5-402 Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of business affairs of protected persons
• Section 5-403 Reserved
• Section 5-404 Original petition for appointment or protective order
• Section 5-405 Notice
• Section 5-406 Reserved
• Section 5-407 Findings; order of appointment; permissible court orders
• Section 5-408 Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized
• Section 5-409 Who may be appointed conservator; penalties
• Section 5-410 Bond
• Section 5-411 Terms and Requirements of Bonds
• Section 5-412 Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction
• Section 5-412A Emergency orders; temporary conservators
• Section 5-413 Compensation and expenses
• Section 5-414 Reserved
• Section 5-415 Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment
• Section 5-416 General duty of conservator; plan
• Section 5-417 Inventory and records
• Section 5-418 Accounts
• Section 5-419 Conservators; title by appointment
• Section 5-420 Recording of conservator’s letters
• Section 5-421 Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest voidable; exceptions
• Section 5-422 Persons dealing with conservators; protection
• Section 5-423 Powers of conservator in administration
• Section 5-423A Delegation
• Section 5-424 Distributive duties and powers of conservator
• Section 5-425 Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator
• Section 5-426 Preservation of estate plan; right to examine
• Section 5-427 Claims against protected person
• Section 5-428 Personal liability of conservator
• Section 5-429 Removal or resignation of conservator; termination of disability; termination of proceedings
• Section 5-430 Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings
• Section 5-431 Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers
• Section 5-501 Definition
• Section 5-502 Durable power of attorney not affected by lapse of time, disability or incapacity
• Section 5-503 Relation of attorney in fact to court-appointed fiduciary
• Section 5-504 Power of attorney not revoked until notice
• Section 5-505 Proof of continuance of durable and other powers of attorney by affidavit
• Section 5-506 Enforcement
• Section 5-507 Protection; third parties