§ 16 — Exemption of third person from liability

Massachusetts § 16

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part II: REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
• Title II: DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
• Ch. 201A: UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

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Section 16. A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, shall not be responsible for determining:(1) the validity of the purported custodian's designation;(2) the propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;(3) the validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or(4) the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.