Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 190B:5-423A - Delegation[Delegation.]
(a) A conservator may not delegate to an agent or another conservator the entire administration of the estate, but a conservator may otherwise delegate the management of investments that a prudent conservator of comparable skills may delegate under similar circumstances.(b) The conservator shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution in: (2) establishing the scope and terms of a delegation, consistent with the purposes and terms of the conservatorship; and(3) periodically reviewing an agent's actions in order to monitor the agent's performance and compliance with the terms of the delegation.(c) In performing a delegated function, an agent owes a duty to the estate to exercise reasonable care to comply with the terms of the delegation.(d) A conservator who complies with subsections (a) and (b) is not liable to the protected person or to the estate for the decisions or actions of the agent to whom a function was delegated.(e) By accepting a delegation from a conservator subject to the law of the commonwealth, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the commonwealth.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 5-423A
Added by Acts 2008, c. 521,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2009.