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 3-305 Informal probate; magistrate not satisfied

Section 3-305 Informal probate; magistrate not satisfied

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

Section 3-305. [Informal Probate; Magistrate Not Satisfied.]

(a) If the magistrate is not satisfied that a will is entitled to be probated in informal proceedings because of failure to meet the requirements of sections 3-303 and 3-304 or any other reason, the magistrate may decline the petition. A declination of informal probate is not an adjudication and shall not preclude formal probate proceedings.