Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, § 3 (2026)

Examination on oath

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Section 3. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver may be examined on oath before the court upon any matters relative to his accounts.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2006 · leading case: In re the Trusts Under the Will of Crabtree, 795 N.E.2d 1157 (Mass. 2003).

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In re the Trusts Under the Will of Crabtree, 795 N.E.2d 1157 (Mass. 2003). · cites it 3× “” G. L. c. 206, § 3. To the extent that the judge harbored doubt as to the fair value of the trustees’ services, 23 or doubt whether they had carried out their fiduciary duties to effectuate the will of the settlor, which he clearly did, it was entirely proper to require *190…”

In re the Est. of Southwick, 850 N.E.2d 604 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 206, §§ 3, 24 (setting forth the powers of a probate judge in allowance of accounts, and notice requirements); Matter of the Trusts Under the Will of Crabtree, 440 Mass.”

Guardianship of Freida, 680 N.E.2d 949 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997). “” See also G. L. c. 206, § 3, which provides: “An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver may be examined on oath before the court upon any matters relative to his accounts.”

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