{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-6a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 6A","heading":"''Heirs'' and ''next of kin'' construed","body":"Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property to a class described as the ''heirs'' or ''next of kin'' of a person, or described by words of similar import, to take effect in enjoyment upon the happening of an event within the period of the rule against perpetuities, the class shall, unless a contrary intention appears by the instrument creating such limitation, be determined as if such person died at the time of the happening of such event.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 184"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter184/Section6A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:24Z","sha256":"5fc7f67b3c66ed4cd720c46a870fda6426ad9e4e1b77f846376a3099a0cd980c","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}