General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 191B Uniform Statutory Will Act

• Massachusetts General Laws - Short title; definitions - Chapter 191B, Section 1
  This chapter may be cited as the Massachusetts Uniform Statutory Will Act. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Making statutory will - Chapter 191B, Section 2
  An individual having capacity to make a will under the laws of the commonwealth may make a statutory will under the provisions of this chapter....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Incorporation by reference - Chapter 191B, Section 3
  (a) A will may incorporate by reference the provisions of this chapter in whole or in part and with any modifications and additions the will...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Shares under statutory will - Chapter 191B, Section 4
  The statutory will estate shall pass as provided in sections five to nine, inclusive.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Share of spouse - Chapter 191B, Section 5
  (a) The share of a surviving spouse shall be: (1) If there is no surviving issue, the entire statutory will estate; or (2) If there...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Trust for spouse and issue - Chapter 191B, Section 6
  Property held in trust under the provisions of subclause (iii) of clause (2) of subsection (a) of section five shall be held upon the following...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Shares of heirs when no surviving spouse - Chapter 191B, Section 7
  (a) If there is no surviving spouse, the statutory will estate shall pass, subject to the provisions of sections eight and nine, as follows: (1)...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Trust if child under specified age - Chapter 191B, Section 8
  (a) If property is distributable under the provisions of subparagraph (3) of section six or of section seven to a child of the testator who...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Effect of disability at distribution - Chapter 191B, Section 9
  (a) If property becomes distributable by a personal representative or trustee to an individual under the age specified in the will or, if the will...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of appointment - Chapter 191B, Section 10
  (a) A will incorporating by reference the terms of this chapter shall not exercise a power of appointment unless (i) the will complies with any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Survival - Chapter 191B, Section 11
  An individual who does not survive the testator by thirty days or more shall be treated as if the individual predeceased the testator.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment of personal representative or trustee - Chapter 191B, Section 12
  (a) The person named in the will as personal representative or trustee shall be entitled to serve, if qualified, as personal representative or trustee. (b)...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers - Chapter 191B, Section 13
  (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) and, except as expressly provided by will, a trustee, in addition to any other powers conferred by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bond or surety - Chapter 191B, Section 14
  A personal representative or trustee under this chapter shall serve without giving bond or surety unless the testator by will, or the court upon the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Uniformity of application and construction - Chapter 191B, Section 15
  This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter...

Last modified: September 11, 2015