Statutes > Massachusetts Statutes > PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS > TITLE II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS > CHAPTER 190B MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE > ARTICLE III PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION > Section 3-302 Informal probate; duty of magistrate; effect of informal probate

Section 3-302 Informal probate; duty of magistrate; effect of informal probate

[Text of section added by 2008, 521, Sec. 9 effective July 1, 2011. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 3-302. [Informal Probate; Duty of Magistrate; Effect of Informal Probate.]

Upon receipt of a petition requesting informal probate of a will, the court or a magistrate, upon making the findings required by section 3-303 shall issue a written statement of informal probate if at least 7 days have elapsed since the decedent’s death. Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding. No defect in the petition or procedure relating thereto which leads to informal probate of a will renders the probate void.