Massachusetts CHAPTER 273. — DESERTION, NON-SUPPORT AND ILLEGITIMACY.
- Section 1. Abandonment and nonsupport; failure to comply with order for support;decree establishing rights of spouse as prima facie evidence.
- Section 2. Jurisdiction; venue; supervision of parent by municipal or district courtprobation officers.
- Section 3. Fines paid to probation officer or state treasurer.
- Section 4 — 5. Repealed, 1986, 310, Sec. 23.
- Section 6. Recognizance on release on probation; compliance with judgment or orderfor support; forfeiture.
- Section 7. Evidence of marriage and parentage; husband and wife as witnesses; selfincrimination; evidence of wilfulness; confidential communications.
- Section 8. Lack of custody as defence; duty to support child.
- Section 9. Repealed — 1938, 219, Sec. 1.
- Section 10. Uniform construction.
- Section 11. Repealed — 1977, 848, Sec. 7.
- Section 12--14. Repealed — 1986, 310, Sec. 25.
- Section 15. Duty to support child born out of wedlock; conclusiveness ofadjudicationor acknowledgment of paternity.
- Section 15A. Abandonment and willful nonsupport; penalties; alternative sentencing;restitution.
- Section 16. Application of secs. 2 — 6, 7, and 10.
- Section 17. Dismissal of case.
- Section 18. Money forfeited or recovered upon recognizance or deposit used for support.
- Section 18A. Support obligations under prior law; enforcement; insurance coverage;amended orders.
- Section 19. Repealed — 1977, 848, Sec. 7.
- Section 20. Neglect or refusal to support parent.
- Section 21. Venue; complainants.
- Section 22. Orders under sec. 5 — and practice under secs. 1—10 of thischapter.
- Section 23. Needy disabled persons; neglect or refusal of parents to support; penalty.