SENATE, No. 69

By Mr. Creedon, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 69) of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation to promote the permanent placement of children with fit parents. Children and Families

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.

AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH FIT PARENTS

SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 209C, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking paragraph (c) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:- 

(c)  The juvenile court department shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the probate and family court under this chapter under this chapter, provided that actions brought under this chapter are joined or consolidated with actions brought under section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and nineteen and, provided further, that the action under section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and nineteen is initiated before the filing of a complaint under this chapter.