Section 27A Disposition of certain legacies or distributive shares - Massachusetts Statutes

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 38. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 27A. Whenever payment of a legacy or distributive share cannot be made to the person entitled thereto, or such person may not receive or have the opportunity to obtain said legacy or distributive share, the court, on petition of an interested party or in its discretion, may order that the money be deposited in a savings bank or other like institution, or in savings accounts in a trust company, or deposited in a deposit or share account in a credit union located in the commonwealth, or invested in the manner provided in section twenty-five, and disposed of in the manner provided in section twenty-eight. When a claimant to such funds resides outside of the United States or its territories, the court in its discretion, in order to assist in establishing such claimant’s identity, right and opportunity to receive such fund, may require the appearance in person before the court of such claimant.