STATE STATUTES & CODES

MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 215 PROBATE COURTS

• Section 1 Divisions; definitions; courts of record
• Section 2 Superior jurisdiction; presumption
• Section 3 General provisions
• Section 4 Separate estates of married women; paternity, custody and support of minors
• Section 5 French spoliation awards
• Section 6 Equity jurisdiction
• Section 6A Attachment by injunction
• Section 6B Repealed, 1945, 582, Sec. 3
• Section 6C Modification of judgment as to care and custody of minor children; temporary orders
• Section 7 Attachment of jurisdiction; control of case
• Section 8 Trusts
• Section 8A Change of venue
• Section 9 Persons entitled to appeal
• Section 9A Fiduciaries; acts during appeal period
• Section 10 Appellate procedure
• Section 11 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• Section 12 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 67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• Section 15 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 61
• Section 16 Repealed, 1986, 211, Sec. 1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 Insolvent estates
• Section 18 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• Section 21 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 70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 Decree; force and effect
• Section 27 Pending appeals; modification of decrees
• Section 28 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• Section 29 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 65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• Section 30A Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 130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 Estate administration process; form
• 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 57 Contempt powers of judge, etc.
• Section 58 Court; open times
• Section 59 Adjournment
• Section 60 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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