Massachusetts Code — 119
Browse 91 sections in division 119 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Declaration of policy; purpose
- § 21. Definitions applicable to Secs. 21 to 51H
- § 21A. Admissibility of evidence; qualified experts
- § 22. Visitation of family foster homes; removal of child; discharge of child to parent or legal guardian
- § 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; assignment of support rights; assistance to foster care families; compliance with section 23D
- § 23A. Children born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and custody
- § 23B. Services to unwed mothers
- § 23C. Foster parents' bill of rights
- § 23D. . Eligibility of child in custody to receive benefits
- § 24. Procedure to commit child to custody or other disposition; notice and summons; emergency order transferring custody; investigation; abandoned children
- § 25. Hearing; custody of child
- § 26. Procedure at hearing; order of commitment; petition to dispense with parental consent to adoption; reimbursement of commonwealth; petition for review
- § 26A. Registration of interest for foster care placement; criminal record review; fingerprint-based checks; grounds for rejection
- § 26B. Grandparent visitation; sibling visitation; appeal of decision to deny visitation
- § 26C. Summary of foster care providers' employment
- § 26D. Behavior or temperament assessment or veterinary records for animals in foster or pre-adoptive homes
- § 27. Appeals; procedure; notice of right of appeal; time limits
- § 28. Orders for payment of support; who may bring action; expiration of order or judgment
- § 29. Right to counsel; notice of right; court appointed counsel
- § 29A. Legal fees of minors in criminal proceedings; liability of parents
- § 29B. Determination of future status of committed children; orders; permanency hearings; appeals
- § 29C. Judicial certification of need to remove child from home
- § 29D. Notice of hearing
- § 32. Placement of children in private families; screening under early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment standards and assessment for behavioral health symptoms and sequelae; individualized health care plan
- § 33. Placement of children in family home care
- § 33B. Placement in family home care of juvenile who has or may have committed a sexual offense or arson
- § 33C. Congregate care program; reasonable and prudent parent standard
- § 34. Transportation of children in patrol wagons
- § 35. Furnishing parent or guardian information as to child; permission to visit; notice; parents convicted of first degree murder
- § 36. Bringing child into commonwealth with view to adoption, guardianship, custody or care; permit; application; bond
- § 37. Rules and regulations of department
- § 38. Closed hearings; publication of names
- § 38A. Petitions for order to not resuscitate or to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment; required recommendations; appeals
- § 39. Abandonment of infant under age of ten
- § 39D. Visitation rights to certain grandparents of unmarried minor children; place to file petition
- § 39E. Petitions seeking determination that child is in need of services; jurisdiction; standing
- § 39F. Children in need of services; right to counsel; determination of indigency; assessment of costs
- § 39G. Hearing; determination of child requiring assistance
- § 39H. Custodial protection of child; notification and placement; bail; detention; right of appeal
- § 39I. Children in need of services; appeal; rights and procedures
- § 39K. Child welfare service needs of sexually exploited children
- § 39L. Children in violation of prohibition against common night walking or common streetwalking; petition for care and protection; appointment of guardian ad litem; stay of juvenile delinquency or criminal proceedings; failure of child to comply with requirements
- § 39M. Dependency proceedings for abused, neglected and abandoned children; determination of child's best interest; petition for special findings
- § 51A. Reporting of suspected abuse or neglect; mandated reporters; collection of physical evidence; penalties; content of reports; liability; privileged communication
- § 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 reporter
- § 51C. Custody of injured child pending transfer to department or pending hearing
- § 51D. Powers and duties of area directors; multi-disciplinary service teams
- § 51E. Reports of injured children; files; confidentiality; penalties
- § 51F. Central registry of information; confidentiality; penalties
- § 51G. Severability of Secs. 51A to 51F
- § 51H. Protective alerts; transport of child to another state or country
- § 52. Delinquent children; definitions
- § 53. Delinquent children; liberal construction; nature of proceedings
- § 54. Delinquent children; complaint; indictment; examination of complainant
- § 54A. Delinquent children; diversion of child to program of community supervision or other rehabilitative services; assessment of suitability for diversion; determination of eligibility; diversion of child by district attorney; subsequent offense during stay of proceedings; effect of successful completion of diversion; ineligibility of diversion for child indicted as youthful offender or charged with violation of certain offenses
- § 54B. Alleged delinquent children; educational diversion program
- § 55. Delinquent children; summoning of parent or guardian
- § 55A. Delinquent children; jury trials; discovery orders; jury-waived trials; appointment of stenographer
- § 55B. Delinquent children; plea; disposition request; pretrial motions
- § 56. Delinquent children; adjournments; jury sessions; appointment of stenographer
- § 57. Delinquent children; investigation by probation officer; record of performance; reports
- § 58. Adjudication as delinquent child or youthful offender
- § 58B. Delinquent children; motor vehicle violations; disposition; admissibility of adjudication and disposition as evidence in other proceedings
- § 59. Delinquent children; violation of terms of probation
- § 60. Delinquent children; admissibility of adjudication in subsequent proceeding; disqualification for public service
- § 60A. Inspection of records in youthful offender and delinquency cases
- § 62. Delinquent children; restitution or reparation by child to injured person
- § 63. Inducing or abetting delinquency of child
- § 63A. Delinquent children; aiding and abetting violation of juvenile court order; concealing or harboring child; penalties; defenses
- § 64. Delinquent children; powers of commissioner of probation; annual report
- § 65. Juvenile sessions; presence of minors; exclusion of public
- § 66. Detention of child in police station; commitment to jail, house of correction or state farm
- § 67. Notice of arrest of child; release upon promise of child's appearance in court; detention
- § 68. Commitment of children held for examination or trial
- § 68A. Diagnostic study by department of youth services; report and recommendations
- § 68B. Special foster homes; detention homes; alternate placements of child
- § 68C. Diagnostic services by department of youth services
- § 69. Information and reports of superintendents of schools and teachers
- § 69A. Information of probation officers, police and school authorities
- § 70. Summoning of parent or guardian during case
- § 71. Failure to appear on summons; capias
- § 72. Continuance of jurisdiction of courts in juvenile sessions
- § 72A. Proceedings upon apprehension after nineteenth birthday
- § 72B. Persons between the ages of fourteen and eighteen convicted of murder; penalties
- § 74. Limitations on criminal proceedings against children
- § 84. Warrant of commitment to department of youth services
- § 85. Department employees reporting animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; immunity from liability
- § 86. Use of restraints during court proceedings
- § 87. Placement of juvenile in secure detention facility or secure correctional facility or in any institution in which juvenile has contact with adult inmates
- § 88. Participation in community-based restorative justice program
- § 89. Juvenile justice policy and data board