SECTION 1. Divisions; definitions; courts of record

SECTION 2. Superior jurisdiction; presumption

SECTION 3. Courts and their jurisdictions; general provisions

SECTION 4. Courts and their jurisdictions; separate estates of married women; paternity, custody and support of minors

SECTION 5. Courts and their jurisdictions; French spoliation awards

SECTION 6. Courts and their jurisdictions; equity jurisdiction

SECTION 6A. Courts and their jurisdictions; attachment by injunction

SECTION 6B. Repealed, 1945, 582, Sec. 3

SECTION 6C. Courts and their jurisdictions; modification of judgment as to care and custody of minor children; temporary orders

SECTION 7. Attachment of jurisdiction; control of case

SECTION 8. Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 40

SECTION 8A. Courts and their jurisdictions; change of venue

SECTION 9. Persons entitled to appeal

SECTION 9A. Fiduciaries; acts during appeal period

SECTION 10. Appellate procedure

SECTION 11. Appeals; 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 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 67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 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 61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 Repealed, 1986, 211, Sec. 1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. Appeals; insolvent estates

SECTION 18. Appeals; 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 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 70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. Appeals; decree; force and effect

SECTION 27. Pending appeals; modification of decrees

SECTION 28. Appeals; 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 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 65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 Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 130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. Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 41

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 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

SECTION 57. Sessions of the courts; contempt powers of judge, etc.

SECTION 58. Sessions of the courts; open times

SECTION 59. Sessions of the courts; adjournment

SECTION 60. Sessions of the courts; 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