Law Library  Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Standing Orders

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• Standing Order 3-23: Co-parenting education course for married and unmarried parents 
• Standing Order 2-23: Presumptive in-person hearings, virtual hearings, and staggered scheduling 
• 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 
• 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 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