PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT ANNOUNCES
CHANGES TO RULES, STANDING ORDERS, AND UNIFORM
PRACTICES
Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code - Effective as of
July 1, 2009
The
Probate and Family Court announces changes to the
Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of
Appellate Procedure, Trial Court Rules, Rules of the
Superior Court, and the General Rules of the Probate
Court. In addition, the Probate and Family Court
announces changes to the Uniform Practices of
Probate Courts of Massachusetts, as well as changes
and additions to the Standing Orders of the Probate
and Family Court.
These
changes were recommended by the MUPC Implementation
Committee’s Article V Working Group, circulated for
comment, approved by Chief Justice Paula M. Carey,
and were recently approved and promulgated by the
Supreme Judicial Court and Chief Justice for
Administration and Management Robert Mulligan. The
changes are effective July 1, 2009
