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2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 215 - Probate Courts
- Section 1 - Divisions; Definitions; Courts of Record
- Section 2 - Superior Jurisdiction; Presumption
- Section 3 - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; General Provisions
- Section 4 - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; Separate Estates of Married Women; Paternity, Custody and Support of Minors
- Section 5 - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; French Spoliation Awards
- Section 6 - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; Equity Jurisdiction
- Section 6a - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; Attachment by Injunction
- Section 6b - Repealed, 1945, 582, Sec. 3
- Section 6c - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; Modification of Judgment as to Care and Custody of Minor Children; Temporary Orders
- Section 7 - Attachment of Jurisdiction; Control of Case
- Section 8 - Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 40
- Section 8a - Courts and Their Jurisdictions; Change of Venue
- Section 9 - Persons Entitled to Appeal
- Section 9a - Fiduciaries; Acts During Appeal Period
- Section 10 - Appellate Procedure
- Section 11 - Appeals; Report of Facts
- Section 12 - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 67
- Section 13 - Reservation and Report of Case to Appeals Court
- Section 14 - Interlocutory Judgments and Decrees; Revision on Appeal From Final Judgments or Decrees
- Section 15 - Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 61
- Section 16 - Repealed, 1986, 211, Sec. 1
- Section 17 - Appeals; Insolvent Estates
- Section 18 - Appeals; Stenographers; Appointment
- Section 19 - Consolidation of Appeals by Appellant
- Section 20 - Consolidation of Appeals by Court
- Section 21 - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 70
- Section 22 - Effect of Appeal; Interlocutory Orders
- Section 23 - Effect of Appeal; Equity Cases
- Section 24 - Effect of Appeal; Separate Support and Custody Cases
- Section 25 - Removal of Fiduciary; Effect of Appeal
- Section 26 - Appeals; Decree; Force and Effect
- Section 27 - Pending Appeals; Modification of Decrees
- Section 28 - Appeals; Reversal or Affirmance
- Section 29 - Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 65
- Section 30 - Rules and Forms; Power of Judges to Make
- Section 30a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 130
- Section 30b - Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 41
- Section 31 - Notice of Hearing; Rule Making Power of Courts
- Section 32 - Transaction of Business Out of Court
- Section 33 - Notice; Ex Parte Matters
- Section 34 - Enforcement of Orders, Sentences, Judgments and Decrees; Punishing Contempts; Effect of Arrearages on Support Orders; Unemployment of Defendant
- Section 34a - Contempt; Support or Custody Orders; Costs; Service; Attorney's Fees; Interest; Iv–d Agency; Arrest Warrants
- Section 34b - Review of Contempt Order Prior to Order of Confinement
- Section 35 - Warrants and Commissions; Revocation
- Section 36 - Judgments, Decrees and Orders; Necessity of Writing; Notices; Recording
- Section 37 - Docket and Index; Manner of Keeping; Public Inspection
- Section 38 - Oaths
- Section 39 - Administration of Estates; Compensation for Services; Power to Determine and Enforce
- Section 39a - Attorneys' Fees; Power of Court to Determine
- Section 39b - Attorneys' Fees; Allowance
- Section 40 - Resignation or Removal of Fiduciary; Power to Compel Surrender of Property
- Section 41 - Temporary Investments
- Section 41a - Distribution of Limited Funds of Estates to Parents of Minors
- Section 42 - Appearances
- Section 43 - Interrogatories
- Section 44 - Concealed Property; Examination of Suspects Under Oath
- Section 45 - Costs
- Section 46 - Summons or Citation; Service by Registered Mail
- Section 47 - Waiver of Notice
- Section 48 - Repealed, 1970, 317, Sec. 2
- Section 49 - Notices; Selection of Newspapers
- Section 50 - Receipts and Releases of Fiduciaries; Recording; Fees
- Section 51 - Repealed, 1955, 418, Sec. 2
- Section 52 - Original Will; Taking From Registry
- Section 53 - Court Room and Room for Records; Duty to Provide
- Section 54 - Rooms for Records; Additional Space
- Section 55 - Preservation of Dockets and Indexes
- Section 56 - Recording of Proceedings in Suffolk; Expense
- Section 56a - Investigations
- Section 56b - Contempt Proceedings Involving Child Care, Custody or Maintenance; Guardian Ad Litem; Appointment
- Section 56c - Transmission of Order of Probate Court Appointing Guardian or Conservator for Incapacitated Person to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services for Consideration in Background Checks for Firearm Sales or Licensing; Petition to Restore Person's Ability to Possess Firearm
- Section 57 - Sessions of the Courts; Contempt Powers of Judge, Etc.
- Section 58 - Sessions of the Courts; Open Times
- Section 59 - Sessions of the Courts; Adjournment
- Section 60 - Sessions of the Courts; Holidays and Election Days
- Section 61 - Repealed, 1939, 65, Sec. 1
- Section 62 - Times and Places for Holding Courts
- Section 63 - Repealed, 1986, 174, Sec. 2
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