Section 7-701 Proceeding to determine parentage - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 7-701. Proceeding to determine parentage.

(a) A tribunal of the commonwealth may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.

(b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of the commonwealth shall apply the procedural and substantive law of the commonwealth and the rules of the commonwealth on choice of law.