Massachusetts Code — 215
Browse 65 sections in division 215 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 1. Divisions; definitions; courts of record
- § 2. Superior jurisdiction; presumption
- § 3. Courts and their jurisdictions; general provisions
- § 4. Courts and their jurisdictions; separate estates of married women; paternity, custody and support of minors
- § 5. Courts and their jurisdictions; French spoliation awards
- § 6. Courts and their jurisdictions; equity jurisdiction
- § 6A. Courts and their jurisdictions; attachment by injunction
- § 6C. Courts and their jurisdictions; modification of judgment as to care and custody of minor children; temporary orders
- § 7. Attachment of jurisdiction; control of case
- § 8A. Courts and their jurisdictions; change of venue
- § 9. Persons entitled to appeal
- § 9A. Fiduciaries; acts during appeal period
- § 10. Appellate procedure
- § 11. Appeals; report of facts
- § 13. Reservation and report of case to appeals court
- § 14. Interlocutory judgments and decrees; revision on appeal from final judgments or decrees
- § 17. Appeals; insolvent estates
- § 18. Appeals; stenographers; appointment
- § 19. Consolidation of appeals by appellant
- § 20. Consolidation of appeals by court
- § 22. Effect of appeal; interlocutory orders
- § 23. Effect of appeal; equity cases
- § 24. Effect of appeal; separate support and custody cases
- § 25. Removal of fiduciary; effect of appeal
- § 26. Appeals; decree; force and effect
- § 27. Pending appeals; modification of decrees
- § 28. Appeals; reversal or affirmance
- § 30. Rules and forms; power of judges to make
- § 31. Notice of hearing; rule making power of courts
- § 32. Transaction of business out of court
- § 33. Notice; ex parte matters
- § 34. Enforcement of orders, sentences, judgments and decrees; punishing contempts; effect of arrearages on support orders; unemployment of defendant
- § 34A. Contempt; support or custody orders; costs; service; attorney's fees; interest; IV–D agency; arrest warrants
- § 34B. Review of contempt order prior to order of confinement
- § 35. Warrants and commissions; revocation
- § 36. Judgments, decrees and orders; necessity of writing; notices; recording
- § 37. Docket and index; manner of keeping; public inspection
- § 38. Oaths
- § 39. Administration of estates; compensation for services; power to determine and enforce
- § 39A. Attorneys' fees; power of court to determine
- § 39B. Attorneys' fees; allowance
- § 40. Resignation or removal of fiduciary; power to compel surrender of property
- § 41. Temporary investments
- § 41A. Distribution of limited funds of estates to parents of minors
- § 42. Appearances
- § 43. Interrogatories
- § 44. Concealed property; examination of suspects under oath
- § 45. Costs
- § 46. Summons or citation; service by registered mail
- § 47. Waiver of notice
- § 49. Notices; selection of newspapers
- § 50. Receipts and releases of fiduciaries; recording; fees
- § 52. Original will; taking from registry
- § 53. Court room and room for records; duty to provide
- § 54. Rooms for records; additional space
- § 55. Preservation of dockets and indexes
- § 56. Recording of proceedings in Suffolk; expense
- § 56A. Investigations
- § 56B. Contempt proceedings involving child care, custody or maintenance; guardian ad litem; appointment
- § 56C. Transmission of order of probate court appointing guardian or conservator for incapacitated person to department of criminal justice information services for consideration in background checks for firearm sales or licensing; petition to restore person's ability to possess firearm
- § 57. Sessions of the courts; contempt powers of judge, etc.
- § 58. Sessions of the courts; open times
- § 59. Sessions of the courts; adjournment
- § 60. Sessions of the courts; holidays and election days
- § 62. Times and places for holding courts