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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 5A-208

Notice of proceeding

Known as the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code

The act spans §§ 190B-1-101 to 190B-7-503 (347 sections).

Section 5A–208. [Notice of Proceeding.]

If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is brought in the commonwealth and the commonwealth was not the respondent's home state on the date the petition was filed, in addition to complying with the notice requirements of the commonwealth, notice of the petition shall be given to those persons who are entitled to notice of the petition if a proceeding were brought in the respondent's home state. The notice shall be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in the commonwealth.

Official source: Massachusetts Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Massachusetts statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.