Section 9. If a will contains a provision for the payment of debts, or which may require or induce the court to marshal the assets in a manner different from that which the law would otherwise provide, the executor shall set forth in the petition a copy of the will, and the court shall marshal the assets accordingly, so far as can be done consistently with the rights of the creditors.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 202 sec. 9

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent