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Barnstable County Probate and Family Court, 3195 Main Street, P.O. Box 346, Barnstable, MA 02630     (508) 375-6710
Beginning September 19, 2011, the office will be open to the public from 8:30 a. m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
 

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MUPC PROBATE AND ESTATE FORMS

 

bullet Informative and Instruction Materials
bullet Transitional Forms
bullet Informal Opening Forms
bullet Formal Opening Forms
bullet Bond Forms
bullet Successor Forms
bullet Accounting Forms
bullet Closing Forms
bullet Trust Forms
bullet Miscellaneous Forms

 

Informative and Instruction Materials

Form Number Form Name
MPC 904 Simplified Accounting Guidelines for Estate and Conservator Accounts
MPC 938 Instructions for using MUPC Supplemental Notice (revised 12/29/11)
MPC 954 Instructions for Completing Personal Representative's Inventory

 

Transitional Forms

Form Number Form Name
MPC 591 MUPC Supplemental Notice (revised 12/29/2011)

 

Informal Opening Forms - updated 5-14-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 150 Petition for Informal Probate of Will and/or Appointment of Personal Representative
MPC 170 Voluntary Administration Statement
MPC 180 Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative's Sworn Statement
MPC 550 Notice of Informal Probate and Return of Service
MPC 551 Informal Probate Publication Notice

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MPC 750 Order for Informal Probate of Will and/or Appointment of Personal Representative

Formal Opening Forms updated 5-14-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 160 Petition for Formal Probate of Will, Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative
MPC 280 Petition for Supervised Administration
MPC 350 Petition for Appointment of Special Personal Representative
MPC 650 Order Appointing Special Personal Representative
MPC 755 Decree and Order on Petition for Formal Adjudication
MPC 756 Decree and Order of Supervised Administration
CJP9 Public Administration With/Without Sureties
CJP9d Decree Public Administration

Bond Forms updated 3-26-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 295 Petition to Modify Bond
MPC 360 Demand for Sureties
MPC 465 Waiver of Sureties on the Bond
MPC 776 Decree and Order to Modify Bond
MPC 801 Bond

Successor Forms  Updated 5-13-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 255 Petition for Informal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative
MPC 264 Resignation of Fiduciary
MPC 265 Petition for Formal Removal of Personal Representative
MPC 270 Petition for Formal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative
MPC 760 Order for Informal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative
MPC 765 Decree and Order for Formal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative
MPC 766 Decree and Order for Formal Removal of Personal Representative

 

Trust Forms Updated 5-14-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 201 General Trust Petition
MPC 266 Petition for Removal of a Trustee (coming soon)
MPC 275 Petition for Appointment of a Testamentary Trustee
MPC 781 Decree and Order of Appointment of a Testamentary Trustee
MPC 792 Decree and Order of General Probate/Trust Petition
MPC 859 Trust Account

 

Accounting Forms updated 3-26-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 754 Order to Render
MPC 791 Decree and Order of Allowance of Account
MPC 853 Account
MPC 853a Account (without schedules)
MPC 854 Inventory
MPC 854a Inventory without Schedules
MPC 856 Petition to Render Inventory, Account, Distribution
MPC 857 Petition for Allowance of Account

 

Closing Forms updated 3-26-2012

Form Number Form Name
MPC 790 Decree and Order for Complete Settlement
MPC 850 Closing Statement
MPC 851 Small Estate Closing Statement
MPC 855 Petition for Order of Complete Settlement (Estate)

 

Miscellaneous Forms

Form Number Form Name
CCF Uniform Counsel Certification
MPC 200 General Probate Petition
MPC 210 Petition for Sale of Real Estate
MPC 250 Petition for Approval of Compromise
MPC 260 Representation of Insolvency
MPC 261 Personal Representative's Affidavit of Notice to Creditors of Representation of Insolvency
MPC 450 Renunciation of Right to Appointment and/or Nomination of Personal Representative
MPC 455 Assent
MPC 460 Waiver of Notice
MPC 470 Military Affidavit
MPC 475 Suspicious Death Affidavit
MPC 480 Affidavit of Witness to Will
MPC 485 Affidavit of Domicile
MPC 490 Affidavit in Support of Release of Demand for Sureties
MPC 505a Notice of Appearance and/or Objection
MPC 775 Decree and Order of Approval and Execution of Compromise Agreement
MPC 780 Decree and Order of Insolvency

 

 

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