Law Library  Massachusetts Juvenile Court Standing Orders

Table of Contents

• Standing Order 1-24: Procedure regarding the appointment of court investigators and guardians ad litem 
• Standing Order 2-23: Access to records and the role of the judge in Family Treatment Court 
• Standing Order 1-22: Juvenile Court operations 
• Standing Order 5-21: Return of custody in care and protection proceedings 
• Standing Order 3-21: Child requiring assistance proceedings 
• Standing Order 2-21: Jury trials under the exigent circumstances created by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic 
• Standing Order 5-20: Protocol Governing Requests for Release from Detention, and Requests to Revise or Revoke or to Stay Sentence, based on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Risks 
• Standing Order 2-18: Time standards 
• Standing Order 1-18: Notification requirements and counsel appointment procedures for permanency hearings held pursuant to G.L. c. 119, § 29B and Trial Court Rule VI, Uniform Permanency Hearings 
• Standing Order 1-17: Violation of probation proceedings 
• Standing Order 2–15: Relief from notification requirements of Rule 13(b) of the Trial Court Rule VIII, Uniform Rules of Impoundment Procedure 
• Standing Order 1–15: Provision of respondents’ non-clinical identifying information in commitment proceedings under G. L. c. 123, §§ 7, 8, and 12(e), or G. L. c. 123, § 35 
• Standing Order 1-10: Scheduling care and protection and termination of parental rights trials 
• Standing Order 2-09: Sound recording of court proceedings 
• Standing Order 1-09: Application of G. L. c. 190B, Article V to guardianship of a minor cases pending on July 1, 2009 or with a decree issued prior thereto 
• Standing Order 2-04: Electronic recording of court proceedings 
• Standing Order 1-84: Juvenile Court case records and reports 
• Standing Order 1-82: Court hours