Probate and Family Court Department
Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, G.L. c. 190B

NEWS

01.24.13 - Probate and Family Court Releases a Procedural Advisory and Updated Trust Forms
                   New - MUTC Procedural Advisory

01/08/13 - Probate and Family Court Announces Internet Access to Publicly Available Estate and Administration Cases

10/26/12 - Probate and Family Court Releases a Procedural Advisory and Revised Estate and Administration Forms
                   New -MUPC Procedural Advisory

07/09/12 -  Probate and Family Court Announces Amendments to Fee Schedule Effective 07/09/2012

• Press Release Announcing Amendments to Fee Schedule Effective 07/09/2012
• New Fee Schedule Effective 07/09/2012

07/09/12-  Probate and Family Court Announces Amendments to the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code and the Enactment of the Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code
                   New -  Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2012

06/26/12 - New - MUPC Practice Tip

03/30/12 -Probate and Family Court Notice Re: New Probate Law Effective March 31, 2012

03/21/12 - Probate and Family Court Announces New MUPC Probate and Estate Forms: Effective March 31, 2012

Forms and Instructions

• Informative and Instructional Materials
• Forms
• List of Newspapers for Informal Publication
• Informal Probate Publication Notice Instructions to Petitioner
• Uniform Fee Schedule
• New - Instructions for Completing MPC 455 Assent and Waiver of Notice / Renunciation / Nomination Waiver of Sureties

Reference Materials

• MUPC Procedural Guide - Court Staff will be provided a copy of the MUPC Estate Administration Procedural Guide by the Judicial Institute and are not required to print it.
  • How to Search a PDF Document
  • New - MUPC Procedural Advisory
  • New - MUTC Procedural Advisory
• Frequently Asked MUPC Questions
• Informal Check List
• Formal Check List
• MUPC Magistrate Check List
• Priority for Appointment Chart
• Priority for Appointment Review
• Heirs Chart
• Settlement and Distribution Chart
• MUPC Magistrates by County
• Local User Experts for MUPC Probate and Estate and Administration Matters

• Train the Trainer Slides and Educational Material
• Slides and Educational Materials

Legal Resources

• MUPC, G.L. c. 190B - Updated 11/1/12
  • Contents
  • Article 1
  • Article 2
  • Article 3
  • Article 4
  • Article 5
  • Article 6
  • Article 7
  • Repealed
• Trial Court Law Library
• Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure
• Supplemental Rules of the Probate and Family Court
• Summary of Changes to Probate Rules and Supplemental Rules of the Probate Court
• Uniform Probate Practices
• Standing Orders
• MBA/BBA Resource Desk
• REBA Title Standards - Updated 12/4/12
• New - Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2012
• New - Report of the Ad Hoc Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code Committee published February 1, 2011
  
  
  

Transitional Standing Order

• New Amended Standing Order 5-11- Regarding the Application to Estate Cases Pending on March 31, 2012