Massachusetts § 6A ''Heirs'' and ''next of kin'' construed

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 6A — ''Heirs'' and ''next of kin'' construed

Massachusetts § 6A

Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Title ITITLE TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 184GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO REAL PROPERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 6A (2026).

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Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property to a class described as the ''heirs'' or ''next of kin'' of a person, or described by words of similar import, to take effect in enjoyment upon the happening of an event within the period of the rule against perpetuities, the class shall, unless a contrary intention appears by the instrument creating such limitation, be determined as if such person died at the time of the happening of such event.

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Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property to a class described as the ''heirs'' or ''next of kin'' of a person, or described by words of similar import, to take effect in enjoyment upon the happening of an event within the period of the rule against perpetuities, the class shall, unless a contrary intention appears by the instrument creating such limitation, be determined as if such person died at the time of the happening of such event.

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