The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected a son’s challenge to his father’s personal representative appointment, holding that he didn’t have standing to launch such a challenge, despite apparently being an “interested person” under Massachusetts law. In this case, a decedent left a Will appointing his wife (who was not the mother of the decedent’s son)Continue reading “Challenge to Personal Representative Appointment Denied despite MUPC”
Voluntary personal representative seeking formal personal representative appointment in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the position ofvoluntary personal representative under G. L. c. 190B, § 3-1201, is an appointment, falling within the exception to the three-year time limit in §3-108 for “appointment proceedings relating to an estate in which there has been a prior appointment” and, therefore, the petitioner’s petition forContinue reading “Voluntary personal representative seeking formal personal representative appointment in Massachusetts”