Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 1-106

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 190B:1-106 - Effect of fraud and evasion

Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this chapter or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this chapter, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud or restitution from any person other than a bona fide purchaser benefiting from the fraud, whether innocent or not. Any proceeding shall be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of the fraud, but no proceeding may be brought against one not a perpetrator of the fraud later than 5 years after the time of commission of the fraud. This section has no bearing on remedies relating to fraud practiced on a decedent during the decedent's lifetime which affects the succession of the decedent's estate.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 1-106

Added by Acts 2008, c. 521,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2011.