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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 197 PAYMENT OF DEBTS, LEGACIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES
Section 30 Death of heir, next of kin, devisee or legatee; effect
Universal Citation:
MA Gen L ch 197 § 30
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[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 16. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]
Section 30. If an heir, next of kin, devisee or legatee dies without having paid his just proportion of such debt, his executor or administrator shall be liable therefor, as for a debt of his decedent, to the extent to which said decedent would have been liable if living.
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