Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 3-205: Judge or register as personal representative

Section 3–205. [Judge or Register as Personal Representative.]

If a judge or register desires to be appointed personal representative of the estate of his spouse, child or parent who at the time of their decease was domiciled in his county, such appointment may be made and all subsequent proceedings relative to the estate may be had in the court of any adjoining county, and the register thereof shall forthwith transmit to the register of the county where the decedent was domiciled, a true and attested copy of all papers relating thereto filed and entered on the docket, which shall be recorded by the register to whom they are transmitted.