October 2026

No, and the reason is more fundamental than the power of attorney. Massachusetts does not recognize transfer-on-death deeds for real estate at all. The Commonwealth has never adopted the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, so there is no such deed for an agent, or anyone else, to sign. If you have been told

Every new parent in Massachusetts needs five documents: a will that nominates a guardian for your child, a trust to hold anything your child inherits, a durable power of attorney, a health care proxy, and life insurance with beneficiary designations that point to the trust rather than the child. The guardian nomination is the one