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2020 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title III - Domestic Relations
Chapter 209c - Children Born Out of Wedlock
- Section 1 - Declaration of Purpose; Definition; Responsibility for Support
- Section 2 - Paternity; Acknowledgment or Adjudication; Statistical Information of Parties; Transmission to Registrar
- Section 3 - Paternity and Support Actions; Jurisdiction; Enforcement of Prior Orders or Judgments; Juvenile Court Commitment Proceedings; Parents Convicted of First Degree Murder
- Section 4 - Venue; Service
- Section 5 - Persons Entitled to Maintain Actions or Execute Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage; Parties
- Section 6 - Presumption of Paternity; Mandatory Joinder
- Section 7 - Representation in Paternity Actions; Appointment of Counsel; Burden of Proof
- Section 8 - Judgment of Paternity; Age of Father; Notice
- Section 9 - Judgment or Order for Support; Health Insurance; Financial Statement; Determination of Amount; Notice
- Section 10 - Award of Custody; Criteria
- Section 11 - Acknowledgment of Parentage; Approval; Parental Agreements Regarding Custody, Support and Visitation
- Section 12 - Trial; Exclusion of Public
- Section 13 - Inspection of Documents; Copies; Segregation of Records
- Section 14 - Complaints Brought Prior to Birth
- Section 15 - Temporary Orders; Enforcement; Information Required to Be Given to Petitioner; Domestic Violence Record Search
- Section 16 - Competency to Testify; Refusal to Testify; Costs of Tests; Admissibility of Evidence; Failure of Party to Attend; Testimony by Telephone or Affidavit
- Section 17 - Genetic Marker Tests; Affidavit; Refusal to Submit to Test; Costs
- Section 18 - Judgments or Orders of Support; Enforcement
- Section 19 - Judgment or Temporary Order of Support; Enforcement
- Section 20 - Modification of Judgments; Jurisdiction
- Section 21 - Action to Determine Mother and Child Relationship
- Section 22 - Proceedings Barred Under This Chapter
- Section 23 - Intermarriage of Parents; Jurisdiction
- Section 24 - Forms
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