Massachusetts Statutes

§ 16 — Exemption of third person from liability

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

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.

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