STATE STATUTES & CODES

MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES AND CODES

ARTICLE V PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY

• Section 5-501 Definition
• 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 5-306A Substituted judgment
• Section 5-306 Findings; order of appointment
• 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 5-502 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

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