Chapter 215 - Probate Courts

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 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 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 13 - Reservation and Report of Case to Appeals Court
Section 14 - Interlocutory Judgments and Decrees; Revision on Appeal From Final Judgments or Decrees
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 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 30 - Rules and Forms; Power of Judges to Make
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 49 - Notices; Selection of Newspapers
Section 50 - Receipts and Releases of Fiduciaries; Recording; Fees
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 62 - Times and Places for Holding Courts