GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 209C. CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK.

Chapter 209C, Section 1. Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support of children born out of wedlock.

Chapter 209C, Section 2. Paternity; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrar.

Chapter 209C, Section 3. Paternity and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder.

Chapter 209C, Section 4. Venue; service.

Chapter 209C, Section 5. Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties.

Chapter 209C, Section 6. Presumption of paternity; mandatory joinder.

Chapter 209C, Section 7. Representation in paternity actions; appointment of counsel; burden of proof.

Chapter 209C, Section 8. Judgment of paternity; age of father or mother; notice.

Chapter 209C, Section 9. Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice.

Chapter 209C, Section 10. Award of custody; criteria.

Chapter 209C, Section 11. Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; force and effect; rescission; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation.

Chapter 209C, Section 12. Trial; exclusion of public.

Chapter 209C, Section 13. Inspection of paternity documents; segregation of records.

Chapter 209C, Section 14. Complaints brought prior to birth.

Chapter 209C, Section 15. Temporary orders; enforcement; information required to be given to petitioner; domestic violence record search.

Chapter 209C, Section 16. Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence.

Chapter 209C, Section 17. Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs.

Chapter 209C, Section 18. Judgments or orders of support; enforcement.

Chapter 209C, Section 19. Judgment or temporary order of support; enforcement.

Chapter 209C, Section 20. Modification of judgments; jurisdiction.

Chapter 209C, Section 21. Action to determine mother and child relationship.

Chapter 209C, Section 22. Proceedings barred under this chapter.

Chapter 209C, Section 23. Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction.

Chapter 209C, Section 24. Forms.


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