Section 2B Designation of standby or emergency guardianship proxy - Massachusetts Statutes

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 Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 21.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

Section 2B. A parent or parents may designate, in writing, an adult person or persons to be appointed as standby guardianship proxy or proxies hereinafter referred to as proxy of the person or estate, or both, of a minor, whether or not such minor is born at the time of such designation.

A person who is not the natural parent of the minor but who has been awarded custody of said minor by a court of competent jurisdiction may also designate a standby guardian pursuant to this chapter.

A parent or parents may designate, in writing, an adult person or persons to be appointed as successor proxy of a minor’s person or estate, or both, whether or not such minor is born at the time of designation.

The designation of both proxy and successor proxy shall be witnessed by two or more persons, at least eighteen years of age, neither of whom is to be designated as the proxy. Said designation may be proved by any evidence. If a designation is executed and attested in the same manner as a will, pursuant to section two of chapter one hundred and ninety-two, it shall be presumed to be valid.