Probate and Family Court Department
Standing Orders and Uniform Practices

• Standing Orders
• Uniform Practices
  
  

Standing Orders

• New Amended Standing Order 5-11- Regarding the Application to Estate Cases Pending on March 31, 2012
• Standing Order 4-11-Administrative Process for Uncontested Rogers Reviews and Extensions
• Standing Order 3-11-Modification Pilot Program for IV-D Cases in Bristol Division and Forms
• Standing Order 2-11- Probate and Family Court’s Use of Information Obtained by the Department of Children and Families
• Standing Order 1-11-Probate and Family Court’s Use of Information Contained in the Court Activity Record Information (CARI) Report
• Standing Order 2-10-Medical Certificate Affidavit
• Standing Order 1-10-Special Procedures for Cases Involving Children
• Standing Order 5-09- Medical Certificates in Conservatorship of Minor Matters
• Standing Order 4-09- Notice to Guardianship of Minors Matters(Amended)
• Standing Order 3-09- Notice in Guardianship of Incapacitated Person and Conservatorship Matters
• Standing Order 2-09- Application of G.L. c.190B, Article V to Guardianship and/or Conservatorship Cases Pending on July 1, 2009 or with a Decree issued prior thereto
• Standing Order 1-09- Medical Certificates and Clinical Team Reports
• Standing Order 6-08- Parent Education Program for Never Married Parents "For the Children"
• Standing Order 5-08- Medical Certificates and Clinical Team Reports [Deleted and replaced  by Standing Order 1-09 effective July 1, 2009]
• Standing Order 4-08- Parent Education Program Attendance
• Standing Order 3-08- Impoundment of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, Domestic Relations Orders and Orders Commonly Known as Mangiacotti Orders
• Standing Order 2-08- Impoundment of Guardian Ad Litem Reports
• FAQs regarding Standing Order 2-08
• Press Release
• Standing Order 1-08-  Standards for Guardians Ad Litem/Evaluators

• Full Text of Standards: Category E GAL/Evaluator Standards
• Standing Order 1-06- Case Management and Time Standards for Cases Filed in the Probate and Family Court Department
• Standing Order 2-05- Hampshire Division Parent Eduation Program for Never Married Parents
• Standing Order 1-05- Standards for Category F Guardians Ad Litem/Investigators
• Standing Order 1-04- Time Standards for Cases Filed in the Probate and Family Court Department [Deleted and replaced by Standing Order 1-06]
• Standing Order 1-03- Parent Education Program Attendance
• Standing Order 2-99- Procedure for Submission and Disposition of Certain Motions
• Standing Order 1-99- Parent Education Program Attendance [Deleted]
• Standing Order 2-98- Tracking of Appointments of Guardians Ad Litem and Probation Officers to Conduct Investigations in Domestic Relation and Child Welfare Matters
• Standing Order 1-98- Parent Education Program Attendance [Deleted]
• Standing Order 2-97- Service
• Standing Order 1-97- Parent Education Program Attendance [Deleted]
• Standing Order 1-95- Parent Education Program Attendance [Deleted]
• Standing Order 1-94-Assignment of Cases to the Middlesex Satelite Session At Concord and Marlborough [Repealed]
• Standing Order 2-88- Pre-Trial Conferences [Deleted]
• Standing Order 1-88- Time Standards [Deleted]
• Standing Order 2-83- Individual Calendar Session
• Standing Order 1-83- Pre-Trial Conferences [Repealed]