§ 17 — Liability to third persons

Massachusetts § 17

• 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 17. (a) A claim based on (i) a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, (ii) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or (iii) a tort committed during the custodianship, may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in the custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable therefor.(b) A custodian shall not be personally liable:—(1) on a contract properly entered into in the custodial capacity unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and to identify the custodianship in the contract; or(2) for an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the custodian is personally at fault.(c) A minor shall not be personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless such minor is personally at fault.