Section 17 Order of sale; persons not ascertained; notice; effect - Massachusetts Statutes

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 27. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 17. If the court, upon proceedings under the preceding section, finds that said estate may be held in trust for, or that a remainder or contingent interest therein may be limited over to, persons not ascertained or not in being, notice shall be given in such manner as the court may order to all persons who are or may become interested in such estate, and to all persons whose issue, not then in being, may become so interested; and the court shall of its own motion in every such case appoint a suitable person to appear and act therein as the next friend of all persons not ascertained or not in being, who are or may become interested in such estate, and the provisions of sections thirty-four and thirty-five of chapter two hundred and one consistent herewith shall apply to such appointment. A conveyance or transfer made after such notice and proceeding shall be conclusive upon all persons for whom such guardian ad litem or next friend was appointed.