Section 6B. In the event that any sum recovered under section six comes into the hands of the executor or administrator of the deceased after the expiration of one year after the date of the death of the deceased, such sum shall be treated as new assets of the estate of the deceased within the meaning of section eleven of chapter one hundred and ninety-seven.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 229 sec. 6B

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent