A collection of standing orders for the Probate and Family Court.
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Law Library Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Standing Orders
Organization: | Trial Court Law Libraries Probate and Family Court |
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Date published: |
December 1, 1983
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Last updated: |
June 1, 2023
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Overview
Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Standing Orders govern the proceedings in the Probate and Family Court.
Note: On January 31, 2022, the Probate and Family Court reverted to Standing Order 1-2021 for its operating procedures. Standing Order 1-2022 is repealed.
Table of Contents
- 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 1-21: Court operations
- Standing Order 4-20: Order concerning email service in cases under Rule 5 (b) of the Massachusetts Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure
- Standing Order 3-20: Guardian ad litem evaluations, investigations, and reports in the Probate and Family Court in light of COVID-19 emergency
- Interim 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 3-16: Remote access to electronic court records for Probate and Family records
- Standing Order 2-16 is suspended
- 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 6-08: Parent education program for never married parents "For the Children"
- 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 2-05: Hampshire Division parent education program for never married parents
- 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
Downloads
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Category E GAL Evaluator Standards
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Standards for Category F Guardian Ad Litem Investigators
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