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Statutes > Massachusetts > PARTII > TITLEII > CHAPTER201 > Section6B[Text of section effective until July 1, 2009. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 21. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]
Section 6B. The court may appoint a guardian for a person who is unable to make or communicate informed decisions due to physical incapacity or illness in a like manner, subject to the same limitations, and filed by such persons who may file a petition under section six. The court shall not appoint as guardian any person petitioning for guardianship who: (i) is currently being investigated or has charges pending for committing an assault and battery that resulted in serious bodily injury to the incapacitated or ill person; or (ii) is currently being investigated or has charges pending for neglect of the incapacitated or ill person. The court shall terminate a guardianship appointed under this section if, upon petition, it is established that the guardian is: (i) currently being investigated or has charges pending for committing an assault and battery that resulted in serious bodily injury to the incapacitated or ill person; or (ii) is currently being investigated or has charges pending for neglect of the incapacitated or ill person.
