Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203 § 1 : REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS — DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS — TRUSTS — Trusts in realty; necessity of writing
No trust concerning land, except such as may arise or result by implication of law, shall be created or declared unless by a written instrument signed by the party creating or declaring the trust or by his attorney.