GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 210. ADOPTION OF CHILDREN AND CHANGE OF NAMES.

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN.

Chapter 210, Section 1. Nature of adoption; exercise of court powers.

Chapter 210, Section 2. Written consent of certain persons; form of consent.

Chapter 210, Section 2A. Decree of adoption; entry; conditions precedent.

Chapter 210: Section 2B Adoption decrees; mandatory language

Chapter 210, Section 3. Dispensing with required consent in certain cases.

Chapter 210, Section 3A. Repealed, 1972, 800, Sec. 3.

Chapter 210: Section 3B Registration of interest for pre-adoptive or adoptive placement; criminal record review

Chapter 210, Section 4. Notice.

Chapter 210, Section 4A. Fathers of children born out of wedlock; adoption rights.

Chapter 210, Section 5. Failure to object after notice; proceedings.

Chapter 210, Section 5A. Children under fourteen; adoption; regulations; removals.

Chapter 210, Section 5B. Adoptive custody; factors considered; request for religious designation.

Chapter 210, Section 5C. Inspection of pleadings, reports, etc.; docket book.

Chapter 210, Section 5D. Release of information concerning adoption.

Chapter 210: Section 5E Department of social services adoption report

Chapter 210, Section 6. Decree of court; force and effect; private hearings.

Chapter 210, Section 6A. Certificates of adoption.

Chapter 210, Section 6B. Adoption nunc pro tunc.

Chapter 210: Section 6C Agreement for post-adoption contact or communication

Chapter 210: Section 6D Enforcement of agreement

Chapter 210: Section 6E Decisions of adoptive parent on behalf of child

Chapter 210, Section 7. Succession to property; rights of adopted child.

Chapter 210, Section 8. Words "child", "grandchild", "issue", etc., defined.

Chapter 210, Section 9. Succession to property; right of child adopted in foreign state.

Chapter 210, Section 10. Second adoption; effect.

Chapter 210, Section 11. Appeals.

Chapter 210, Section 11A. Adoption services offered by certain persons or agencies; penalty.

CHANGE OF NAMES.

Chapter 210, Section 12. Petitions for change of name.

Chapter 210, Section 13. Notice and certificate; decree; entry; conditions precedent.

Chapter 210, Section 14. Annual return of changes.


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