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 3-408 Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction

Section 3-408 Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction

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

Section 3-408. [Formal Testacy Proceedings; Will Construction; Effect of Final Order in Another Jurisdiction.]

A final order of a court of another state determining testacy, the validity or construction of a will, made in a proceeding involving notice to and an opportunity for contest by all interested persons shall be accepted as determinative by the courts of the commonwealth if it includes, or is based upon, a finding that the decedent was domiciled at death in the state where the order was made.