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 202 SALES, MORTGAGES AND LEASES OF REAL ESTATE BY EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS
Section 12 License to guardian of spendthrift or person incapacitated by reason of mental illness; notice

Section 12. No license to sell real estate shall be granted to the guardian of a spendthrift who resides in the commonwealth, or of a person who is incapacitated by reason of mental illness, unless seven days notice of the petition therefor has been given to the department of public welfare, or, in the case of a person incapacitated by reason of mental illness, to the department of mental health. Such notice may be served upon any member of said board or department.