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- Section 6B Repealed, 1945, 582, Sec. 3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- Section 12 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 67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- Section 15 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 61
- Section 16 Repealed, 1986, 211, Sec. 1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- Section 21 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 70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- Section 29 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 65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- Section 30A Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 130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