§ 11 — Third person dealing with one purporting to act as trustee

Massachusetts § 11

• 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. 203B: UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT

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Section 11. A third person in good faith and without a court order may act on instructions of, or otherwise deal with, a person purporting to make a transfer as, or purporting to act in the capacity of, a custodial trustee. In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, the third person shall not be responsible for determining:(1) the validity of the purported custodial trustee's designation;(2) the propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any action of the purported custodial trustee;(3) the validity or propriety of an instrument executed or instruction given pursuant to this chapter either by the person purporting to make a transfer or declaration or by the purported custodial trustee; or(4) the propriety of the application of property vested in the purported custodial trustee.