Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 5-502 : 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 — PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY — DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY —502 - Durable power of attorney not affected by lapse of time, disability or incapacity TEXT PDF All acts done by an attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period of disability or incapacity of the principal have the same effect and inure to the benefit of and bind the principal and his successors in interest as if the principal were competent and not disabled. Unless the instrument states a time of termination, the power is exercisable notwithstanding the lapse of time since the execution of the instrument. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 5-502 Added by Acts 2008, c. 521,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2009.