Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 5-402 : 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 — MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND MINORS —402 - Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of business affairs of protected persons

After the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the appointment of a conservator or other protective order and until termination of the proceeding, the court in which the petition is filed has:

(1) exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for a conservator or other protective order until the proceedings are terminated; and
(2) exclusive jurisdiction to determine how the estate of the protected person which is subject to the laws of the commonwealth shall be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected person, the protected person's dependents, or other claimants.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 5-402

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