{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-202-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, § 9","heading":"Marshaling assets; testamentary provisions","body":"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.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 202"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter202/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:33Z","sha256":"4a6e6338078ba7d92bb6a92d90ed0d732cb6fc3df5fa7274f79d15cc97a731e8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-202-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-202-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}