01.16.09
Guardians and Executors Rejoice!
On January 15 Gov. Deval Partick signed into law the long-awaited Massachusetts probate and guardianship law reform and codification. The official designation is Chapter 521 of the Acts of 2008. The enactment came on the last possible day for the 2008 legislative session.
The effective dates are delayed to give the courts, lawyers and the public time to adjust to the changes from current procedures. The guardianship section of the code (Article V) will become effective on July 1, 2009. The remaining parts relating to estates and trusts will become effective on July 1, 2011.
There will be many opportunities to get up to date on the changes through CLE before the effective dates and we’ll review as many of the new features of the Code as we can right here. Please give us your comments and questions and we’ll try to respond to all.
And a big thank you to all (and there are many) who made this possible.