SENATE, No. 1234

By Mr. McGee, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1234) of Thomas M. McGee, Robert F. Fennell and Steven M. Walsh for legislation to further regulate the rights of adopted children. Public Health.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.


AN ACT further regulating the rights of adopted children

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 27 of the acts of 1969 is hereby amended by striking out section 2, as amended by section 3 of chapter 769 of the acts of 1975, and inserting in place thereof the following section:- Section 2.  Section 8 of chapter 210 of the General Laws shall apply to all grants, trust settlements, entails, devises, or bequests executed at any time, but this section shall not affect distributions made before September 1, 2007 under testamentary instruments executed before September 1, 1969.