Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 5-423A

Current through Chapter 223 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:
(1) selecting an agent;
(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.