Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 2-502 : REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS — DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS — MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE — INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS — WILLS, WILL CONTRACTS, AND CUSTODY AND DEPOSIT OF WILLS —502 - Execution of wills

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and in sections 2-506 and 2-513, a will shall be:
(1) in writing;
(2) signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and
(3) signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph (2) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.
(b) Intent that the document constitute the testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-502

Added by Acts 2008, c. 521,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2011.