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2022 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title III - Domestic Relations
Chapter 210 - Adoption of Children and Change of Names
- Section 1 - Nature of Adoption; District or Juvenile Court
- Section 2 - Written Consent of Certain Persons; Form of Consent; Identification of Father
- Section 2a - Decree of Adoption; Entry; Conditions Precedent
- Section 2b - Adoption Decrees; Mandatory Language
- Section 3 - Dispensing With Required Consent in Certain Cases
- Section 3a - Repealed, 1972, 800, Sec. 3
- Section 3b - Registration of Interest for Pre-Adoptive or Adoptive Placement; Criminal Record Review
- Section 4 - Notice
- Section 4a - Fathers of Children Born Out of Wedlock; Adoption Rights
- Section 5 - Failure to Object After Notice; Proceedings
- Section 5a - Children Under Fourteen; Adoption; Regulations; Removals
- Section 5b - Adoptive Custody; Factors Considered; Request for Religious Designation
- Section 5c - Inspection of Pleadings, Reports, etc.; Docket Book
- Section 5d - Release of Information Concerning Adoption
- Section 5e - Department of Children and Families Adoption Report
- Section 6 - Decree of Court; Force and Effect; Private Hearings
- Section 6a - Certificates of Adoption
- Section 6b - Adoption Nunc Pro Tunc
- Section 6c - Agreement for Post-Adoption Contact or Communication
- Section 6d - Enforcement of Agreement
- Section 6e - Decisions of Adoptive Parent on Behalf of Child
- Section 7 - Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 57
- Section 8 - Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 58
- Section 9 - Succession to Property; Right of Child Adopted in Foreign State
- Section 10 - Second Adoption; Effect
- Section 11 - Appeals
- Section 11a - Adoption Services Offered by Certain Persons or Agencies; Penalty
- Section 12 - Petitions for Change of Name
- Section 13 - Notice and Certificate; Decree; Entry; Conditions Precedent
- Section 14 - Annual Return of Changes of Name
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