Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A § 19

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 113A:19 - Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity
(a) A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with:
(1) this chapter;
(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.
(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, then this chapter shall govern the interpretation of the document of gift.
(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, § 19

Added by Acts 2012, c. 39,§ 3, eff. 2/22/2012.