Massachusetts § 3 Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 3 — Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties

Massachusetts § 3

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIIREMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 241PARTITION OF LAND

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 3 (2026).

Text

Section 3. If a case is begun in a probate court and the land is within the jurisdiction of the probate court in 2 or more counties, the court in which proceedings are first begun shall retain jurisdiction thereof, which shall exclude the jurisdiction of probate courts of other counties; but this shall not prevent the probate court in any other county where a part of the common land lies, not included in the original petition, from making partition thereof.

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Section 3. If a case is begun in a probate court and the land is within the jurisdiction of the probate court in 2 or more counties, the court in which proceedings are first begun shall retain jurisdiction thereof, which shall exclude the jurisdiction of probate courts of other counties; but this shall not prevent the probate court in any other county where a part of the common land lies, not included in the original petition, from making partition thereof.