Fences may make good neighbors, but not every privacy plant does.

You know the plants – the blackberry or raspberry sending canes into your yard with leaves reaching over the fence, the lilac, that while pretty for a few weeks in the spring, is otherwise running amok, a tree branch that is causing too much shade and makes you nervous.

These plants can cause neighborly disputes , so can you just trim it back to the property line? Here’s what to know in Massachusetts , according to court cases and the MA general laws.

Can you trim a tree branch crossing into your yard?

You can cut branches that overhang into your yard in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has decided that owners can take action if their neighbor’s tree crosses their property boundary.

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