STATE STATUTES & CODES

MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 119 PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THEM

• Section 1 Declaration of policy; purpose
• Section 2 to 20 Repealed, 1972, 785, Sec. 6
• Section 21 Definitions applicable to Secs. 21 to 51H
• Section 21A Admissibility of evidence; qualified experts
• Section 22 Visitation of family foster homes; removal of child; discharge of child to parent or legal guardian
• Section 23 Responsibility of department to provide foster care for children; placement with relatives; funeral expenses; child profile form; extension of support of child until 22 years of age; a
• Section 23A Children born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and custody
• Section 23B Services to unwed mothers
• Section 24 Procedure to commit child to custody or other disposition; notice and summons; emergency order transferring custody; investigation; abandoned children
• Section 25 Hearing; custody of child
• Section 26 Procedure at hearing; order of commitment; petition to dispense with parental consent to adoption; reimbursement of commonwealth; petition for review
• Section 26A Registration of interest for foster care placement; criminal record review
• Section 26B Grandparent visitation; sibling visitation; appeal of decision to deny visitation
• Section 26C Summary of foster care providers’ employment
• Section 27 Appeals; procedure; notice of right of appeal; time limits
• Section 28 Orders for payment of support; who may bring action; expiration of order or judgment
• Section 29 Counsel for child or mentally retarded adult under responsibility of department; appointment
• Section 29A Legal fees of minors in criminal proceedings; liability of parents
• Section 29B Determination of future status of committed children; orders; permanency hearings; appeals
• Section 29C Judicial certification of need to remove child from home
• Section 29D Notice of hearing
• Section 30, 31 Repealed, 1961, 396, Sec. 5
• Section 32 Placement of children in private families; early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment standards; individualized health care plan
• Section 33 Placement of children in family home care
• Section 33A [There is no 119:33A.]
• Section 33B Placement in family home care of juvenile who has or may have committed a sexual offense or arson
• Section 34 Transportation of children in patrol wagons
• Section 35 Furnishing parent or guardian information as to child; permission to visit; notice; parents convicted of first degree murder
• Section 36 Bringing child into commonwealth with view to adoption, guardianship, custody or care; permit; application; bond
• Section 37 Rules and regulations of department
• Section 38 Closed hearings; publication of names
• Section 38A Petitions for order to not resuscitate or to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment; required recommendations; appeals
• Section 39 Abandonment of infant under age of ten
• Section 391/2 Placement of a newborn into foster care
• Section 39A to 39C Repealed, 1973, 1076, Sec. 6
• Section 39D Visitation rights to certain grandparents of unmarried minor children; place to file petition
• Section 39E Petitions seeking determination that child is in need of services; jurisdiction; standing
• Section 39F Right to counsel; determination of indigency; assessment of costs
• Section 39G Hearing; determination of child in need of services
• Section 39H Arrest of child; notification and placement; bail; detention; right of appeal
• Section 39I Appeal; trial de novo, with or without jury; rights and procedures
• Section 39J Payment of expenses for services by counties under Secs. 39E to 39I
• Section 40 to 51 Repealed, 1954, 646, Sec. 1
• Section 51A Reporting of suspected abuse or neglect; mandated reporters; collection of physical evidence; penalties; content of reports; liability; privileged communication
• Section 51B Investigation of report of abuse filed under Sec. 51A; removal of child; transmission and filing of written reports; notice to district attorney; disclosure of information by mandated repo
• Section 51C Custody of injured child pending transfer to department or pending hearing
• Section 51D Powers and duties of area directors; multi-disciplinary service teams
• Section 51E Reports of injured children; files; confidentiality; penalties
• Section 51F Central registry of information; confidentiality; penalties
• Section 51G Severability of Secs. 51A to 51F
• Section 51H Protective alerts; transport of child to another state or country
• Section 52 Definitions
• Section 53 Liberal construction; nature of proceedings
• Section 54 Complaint; indictment; examination of complainant; summons; warrant
• Section 55 Summoning of parent or guardian
• Section 55A Jury trials; discovery orders; jury-waived trials; appointment of stenographer
• Section 55B Plea; disposition request; pretrial motions
• Section 56 Adjournments; jury sessions; appointment of stenographer
• Section 57 Investigation by probation officer; record of performance; reports
• Section 58 Adjudication as delinquent child or youthful offender
• Section 58A Repealed, 1948, 310, Sec. 5
• Section 58B Motor vehicle violations; disposition; admissibility of adjudication and disposition as evidence in other proceedings
• Section 59 Violation of terms of probation
• Section 60 Admissibility of adjudication in subsequent proceeding; disqualification for public service
• Section 60A Inspection of records in youthful offender and delinquency cases
• Section 61 Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 7
• Section 62 Restitution or reparation by child to injured person
• Section 63 Inducing or abetting delinquency of child
• Section 63A Aiding and abetting violation of juvenile court order; concealing or harboring child; penalties; defenses
• Section 64 Powers of commissioner of probation; annual report
• Section 65 Juvenile sessions; presence of minors; exclusion of public
• Section 66 Detention of child in police station; commitment to jail, house of correction or state farm
• Section 67 Notice of arrest of child to probation officer and parent or guardian; detention
• Section 68 Commitment of children held for examination or trial
• Section 68A Diagnostic study by department of youth services; report and recommendations
• Section 68B Special foster homes; detention homes; transfer of child
• Section 68C Diagnostic services by department of youth services
• Section 69 Information and reports of superintendents of schools and teachers
• Section 69A Information of probation officers, police and school authorities
• Section 70 Summoning of parent or guardian during case
• Section 71 Failure to appear on summons; capias
• Section 72 Continuance of jurisdiction of courts in juvenile sessions
• Section 72A Proceedings upon apprehension after eighteenth birthday
• Section 72B Persons between the ages of fourteen and seventeen convicted of murder; penalties
• Section 73 Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 5
• Section 74 Limitations on criminal proceedings against children
• Section 75 Repealed, 1975, 840, Sec. 2A
• Section 76 to 82 Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 5
• Section 83 Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 16
• Section 84 Warrant of commitment to department of youth services
• Section 85 Department employees reporting animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; immunity from liability

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