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MA Gen L ch 10 § 1012 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|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 203e - Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code|Article 10 - Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing With Trustee|Section 1012 - Protection of Person Dealing With Trustee

Section 1012. Protection of person dealing with trustee  (a) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a trustee or who in good faith and for value deals with a trustee, without knowledge that the trustee is exceeding or improperly exercising the trustee's powers shall be protected from liability as if the trustee properly exercised the power.  (b) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith deals with a trustee shall not be required to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers or the propriety of their exercise.  (c) A person who in good faith delivers assets to a trustee need not ensure their proper application.  (d) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a former trustee or who in good faith and for value deals with a former trustee, without knowledge that the trusteeship has terminated shall be protected from liability as if the former trustee were still a trustee.  (e) Comparable protective provisions of other laws relating to commercial transactions or transfer of securities by fiduciaries shall prevail over the protection provided by this section.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 1013 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|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 203e - Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code|Article 10 - Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing With Trustee|Section 1013 - Certification of Trust

Section 1013. Certification of trust  (a) Instead of furnishing a copy of the trust instrument to a person other than a beneficiary, the trustee may furnish to the person a certification of trust containing the following information:  (1) that the trust exists and the date the trust instrument was executed;  (2) the identity of the settlor;  (3) the identity and address of the currently acting trustee;  (4) the powers of the trustee;  (5) the revocability or irrevocability of the trust and the identity of any person holding a power to revoke the trust;  (6) the authority of co-trustees to sign or otherwise authenticate and whether all or less than all are required in order to exercise powers of the trustee;  (7) the trust's taxpayer identification number; and  (8) the manner of taking title to trust property.  (b) A certification of trust may be signed or otherwise authenticated by any trustee.  (c) A certification of trust shall state that the trust has not been revoked, modified or amended in any manner that would cause the representations contained in the certification of trust to be incorrect.  (d) A certification of trust need not contain the dispositive terms of a trust.  (e) A recipient of a certification of trust may require the trustee to furnish copies of those excerpts from the original trust instrument and later amendments which designate the trustee and confer upon the trustee the power to act in the pending transaction.  (f) A person who acts in reliance upon a certification of trust without knowledge that the representations contained in the certification are incorrect shall not be liable to any person for so acting and may assume without inquiry the existence of the facts contained in the certification. Knowledge of the terms of the trust may not be inferred solely from the fact that a copy of all or part of the trust instrument is held by the person relying upon the certification.  (g) A person who in good faith enters into a transaction in reliance upon a certification of trust may enforce the transaction against the trust property as if the representations contained in the certification were correct.  (h) A person making a demand for the trust instrument, in addition to a certification of trust or excerpts, shall be liable for damages if the court determines that the person did not act in good faith in demanding the trust instrument.  (i) This section shall not limit the right of a person to obtain a copy of the trust instrument in a judicial proceeding concerning the trust.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-105 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 1-105 - Application of This Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceedings

Section 1–105. Application of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.  (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth shall apply Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving:  (1) a foreign support order;  (2) a foreign tribunal; or  (3) an obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.  (b) A tribunal of the commonwealth that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 to 6, inclusive.  (c) Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, Article 7 controls.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-101 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 1-101 - Short Title

Section 1–101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-103 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 1-103 - Tribunals and Support Enforcement Agency of the Commonwealth

Section 1–103. Tribunals and support enforcement agency of the commonwealth.  (a) The probate and family court, the district court and the Boston municipal court departments of the trial court are the tribunals of the commonwealth.  (b) The department of revenue is the support enforcement agency of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-104 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 1-104 - Remedies Cumulative

Section 1–104. Remedies cumulative.  (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.  (b) This chapter does not:  (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of the commonwealth; or  (2) grant a tribunal of the commonwealth jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-208 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-208 - Child Support Orders for 2 or More Obligees

Section 2–208. Child support orders for 2 or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least 1 of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of the commonwealth shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-211 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-211 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order

Section 2–211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.  (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.  (b) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.  (c) A tribunal of the commonwealth that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:  (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in the commonwealth; or  (2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-210 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-210 - Application of Chapter to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction

Section 2–210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of the commonwealth exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of the commonwealth relating to a support order or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside the commonwealth pursuant to section 3–316, communicate with a tribunal outside the commonwealth pursuant to section 3–317 and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside the commonwealth pursuant to section 3–318. In all other respects, Articles 3 to 6, inclusive, do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-209 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-209 - Credit for Payments

Section 2–209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of the commonwealth shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth, another state or a foreign country.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-204 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-204 - Simultaneous Proceedings

Section 2–204. Simultaneous proceedings.  (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:  (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the commonwealth is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;  (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and  (3) if relevant, the commonwealth is the home state of the child.  (b) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:  (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the commonwealth for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the commonwealth;  (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the commonwealth; and  (3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-205 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-205 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order

Section 2–205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.  (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:  (1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification the commonwealth is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or  (2) even if the commonwealth is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of the commonwealth may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.  (b) A tribunal of the commonwealth that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:  (1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of the commonwealth that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least 1 of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or;  (2) its order is not the controlling order.  (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth, tribunals of the commonwealth shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.  (d) A tribunal of the commonwealth that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.  (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-203 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-203 - Initiating and Responding Tribunal of the Commonwealth

Section 2–203. Initiating and responding tribunal of the commonwealth. Under this chapter, a tribunal of the commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-202 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-202 - Duration of Personal Jurisdiction

Section 2–202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of the commonwealth in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of the commonwealth relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of the commonwealth has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 2–205, 2–206 and 2–211.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-201 - Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident

Section 2–201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of the commonwealth may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:  (1) the individual is personally served with a notice within the commonwealth;  (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of the commonwealth by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;  (3) the individual resided with the child in the commonwealth;  (4) the individual resided in the commonwealth and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;  (5) the child resides in the commonwealth as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;  (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in the commonwealth and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;  (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child under chapter 46 or chapter 209C; or  (8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of the commonwealth and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.  (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other law of the commonwealth may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the commonwealth to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of Section 6–611 are met or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of Section 6–615 are met.
MA Gen L ch 2 § 2-206 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction.|Section 2-206 - Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order

Section 2–206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.  (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:  (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or  (2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.  (b) A tribunal of the commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
MA Gen L ch 3 § 3-319 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application.|Section 3-319 - Receipt and Disbursement of Payments

Section 3–319. Receipt and disbursement of payments.  (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of the commonwealth shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.  (b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in the commonwealth, upon request from the support enforcement agency of the commonwealth or another state, the support enforcement agency of the commonwealth or a tribunal of the commonwealth shall:  (1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and  (2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.  (c) The support enforcement agency of the commonwealth receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
MA Gen L ch 3 § 3-318 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application.|Section 3-318 - Assistance With Discovery

Section 3–318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of the commonwealth may:  (1) request a tribunal outside the commonwealth to assist in obtaining discovery; and  (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 3 § 3-317 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application.|Section 3-317 - Communications Between Tribunals

Section 3–317. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of the commonwealth may communicate with a tribunal outside the commonwealth in a record or by telephone, electronic mail or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree or order of that tribunal and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of the commonwealth may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside the commonwealth.