General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
TITLE III. DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
CHAPTER 209C. CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK |
SECTION 1. Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support |
SECTION 2. Paternity; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrar |
SECTION 3. Paternity and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder |
SECTION 4. Venue; service |
SECTION 5. Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties |
SECTION 6. Presumption of paternity; mandatory joinder |
SECTION 7. Representation in paternity actions; appointment of counsel; burden of proof |
SECTION 8. Judgment of paternity; age of father; notice |
SECTION 9. Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice |
SECTION 10. Award of custody; criteria |
SECTION 11. Acknowledgment of parentage; approval; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation |
SECTION 12. Trial; exclusion of public |
SECTION 13. Inspection of documents; copies; segregation of records |
SECTION 14. Complaints brought prior to birth |
SECTION 15. Temporary orders; enforcement; information required to be given to petitioner; domestic violence record search |
SECTION 16. Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence; failure of party to attend; testimony by telephone or affidavit |
SECTION 17. Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs |
SECTION 18. Judgments or orders of support; enforcement |
SECTION 19. Judgment or temporary order of support; enforcement |
SECTION 20. Modification of judgments; jurisdiction |
SECTION 21. Action to determine mother and child relationship |
SECTION 22. Proceedings barred under this chapter |
SECTION 23. Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction |
SECTION 24. Forms |