Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 5-422

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 190B:5-422 - Persons dealing with conservators; protection
(a) A person who in good faith either assists or deals with a conservator for value in any transaction other than those requiring a court order as provided in section 5-407 is protected as if the conservator properly exercised the power. The fact that a person knowingly deals with a conservator shall not alone require the person to inquire into the existence of a power or the propriety of its exercise, but restrictions on powers of conservators which are endorsed on letters as provided in section 5-425 are effective as to third persons. A person is not bound to see to the proper application of estate assets paid or delivered to a conservator.
(b) The protection expressed in this section extends to any procedural irregularity or jurisdictional defect occurring in proceedings leading to the issuance of letters and is not a substitution for protection provided by comparable provisions of the law relating to commercial transactions or to simplifying transfers of securities by fiduciaries.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 5-422

Added by Acts 2008, c. 521,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2009.