Law Library  Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Standing Orders

Table of Contents

• Standing Order 1-26: In-person and remote hearings
• Standing Order 3-25: Trial completion
• Standing Order 2-25: Pathways Case Management System
• Standing Order 1-25: The Office Of Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Oversight (OAGCO)
• Standing Order 1-24: Remote access to electronic court records for the Probate and Family Court
• Standing Order 3-23: Co-parenting education course for married and unmarried parents
• Standing Order 1-23: Professional parenting time supervisors
• Standing Order 2-21: Interdivisional case transfers and interdivisional case assignments for hearing purposes only
• Standing Order 4-20: Order concerning email service in cases under Rule 5 (b) of the Massachusetts Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure
• Amended Standing Order 3-17: Fiduciary Litigation Session Pilot Project
• Standing Order 2-17: Family-centered case resolution and case management in the Probate and Family Court Department
• Standing Order 1-17: Parenting coordination
• Standing Order 1-16: Initial limited Electronic Filing Pilot Project in the Essex Division of the Probate and Family Court Department for designated estate matters only
• Standing Order 1-15: Application of Rule 13 (b) of the Uniform Rules of Impoundment Procedure to the Probate and Family Court
• Standing Order 5-11: Application of G.L. c.190B, Articles I-IV, VI & VII to estate cases pending on March 31, 2012 or with a decree issued prior thereto
• Standing Order 4-11: Administrative process for uncontested Rogers reviews and extensions
• 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 in guardianship of minors matters
• Standing Order 3-09: Notice in guardianship of incapacitated persons 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: Impoundment of personal medical information
• 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
• Standing Order 1-08: Standards for guardians ad litem/evaluators
• Standing Order 1-06: Case management and time standards for cases filed in the Probate and Family Court Department
• Standing Order 1-05: Standards for guardians ad litem/investigators
• Standing Order 2-99: Procedure for submission and disposition of certain post-hearing motions
• Standing Order 2-98: Tracking of appointments of guardians ad litem and probation officers to conduct investigations in domestic relations and child welfare matters
• Standing Order 2-97: Service
• Standing Order 2-83: Individual calendar session