Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 191, § 16 (2026)

Income from personal property; trustees to hold property

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Section 16. The probate court may upon application of a person interested appoint one or more trustees, who shall be subject to chapter two hundred and three so far as applicable, to hold during the life of a husband or widow any personal property to the income of which he or she may be entitled under the preceding section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Ciani v. MacGrath, 114 N.E.3d 52 (Mass. 2019).

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Ciani v. MacGrath, 114 N.E.3d 52 (Mass. 2019). “164, § 2, with G. L. c. 191, § 16. At the turn of the Twentieth Century, the statute took on much the same form as that in effect today.”

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