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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  3. Title II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
  4. Chapter 190B MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
  5. Article 5A UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT
  6. Section 5A-402 Registration of protective orders

Section 5A-402

Section 5A-402: Registration of protective orders

Section 5A–402. [Registration of Protective Orders.]

If a conservator has been appointed in another state and a petition for a protective order is not pending in the commonwealth, the conservator appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the protective order in the commonwealth by filing, as a foreign judgment in a court of the commonwealth, in a division of the probate and family court in which property belonging to the protected person is located, certified copies of the order and letters of office and of any bond.