A collection of rules for the Massachusetts Trial Court.
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Law Library Massachusetts Trial Court Rules
Organization: | Trial Court Law Libraries Executive Office of the Trial Court |
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Date published: |
September 1, 1980
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Last updated: |
November 29, 2018
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Overview
The Massachusetts Trial Court Rules govern proceedings in the Trial Court.
Table of Contents
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- Trial Court Rule I Table of Contents
- Rule 1: Scope and applicability of rules
- Rule 2: Form of Summons and Complaint; Entry of action; Scheduling of trial dat…
- Rule 3: Answer
- Rule 4: Transfer of action
- Rule 5: Counterclaims
- Rule 6: Motions
- Rule 7: Discovery
- Rule 8: Jury Trial
- Rule 9: Equitable relief
- Rule 10: Entry of default; Entry of dismissal; Entry of judgment after trial, d…
- Rule 11: Relief from judgment
- Rule 12: Appeals
- Rule 13: Execution
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- Trial Court Rule III Table of Contents
- Rule 1: Scope and applicability of rules; Definitions
- Rule 2: Filing a statement of claim
- Rule 3: Notice to defendant; Answer to claim
- Rule 4: Transfer
- Rule 5: Amendments and discovery
- Rule 6: Attachments
- Rule 7: Trials and judgments
- Rule 8: Relief from judgment or order
- Rule 9: Enforcement of judgments
- Rule 10: Appeal
- Rule IV: Uniform Rule Requiring Disclosure of Pending and Concluded Care or Cus…
- Rule V: Issuance of Standing Orders
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- Trial Court Rule VI Table of Contents
- Rule 1: Purpose
- Rule 2: Scope of Rules and Definitions
- Rule 3: Scheduling the permanency hearing
- Rule 4: Permanency reports
- Rule 5: Notice
- Rule 6: Submission of report and response or objections
- Rule 7: Counsel
- Rule 8: The permanency hearing
- Rule 9: Orders
- Rule 10: Appeals
- Rule VII: Uniform Rules on Civil Motor Vehicle Infractions
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- Trial Court Rule VIII Table of Contents
- Rule 1: Applicability and definitions
- Rule 2: Motion for Impoundment
- Rule 3: Ex parte impoundment
- Rule 4: Service
- Rule 5: Opposition
- Rule 6: Involvement of interested nonparties
- Rule 7: Hearing
- Rule 8: Order of impoundment
- Rule 9: Clerk's duties
- Rule 10: Modification or termination of order of impoundment
- Rule 11: Material impounded by statute, court rule, standing order, or case law
- Rule 12: Appellate review
- Rule 13: Maintaining confidentiality of impounded material
- Rule X: Uniform Rule Requiring Disclosure of Present or Past Receipt of Public …
- Rule XI: Uniform Rule for Probable Cause Determinations for Persons Arrested Wi…
- Rule XII: Interdepartmental Judicial Assignments
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- Trial Court Rule XIII Table of Contents
- Rule 1: Commencement of proceedings
- Rule 2: Review of petition
- Rule 3: Issuance of warrant or summons; Execution of warrant
- Rule 4: Appointment of counsel
- Rule 5: Order for examination
- Rule 6: Conduct of the hearing; Standard of proof
- Rule 7: Evidence
- Rule 8: Findings and issuance of commitment order
- Rule 9: Security of respondent
- Rule 10: Proceedings when a respondent appears before a court other than the co…
- Rule 11: Appeal
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- Trial Court Rule XIV Table of Contents
- Rule 1: Scope and definitions
- Rule 2: Access to court records in a courthouse
- Rule 3: Requests for Compiled Data
- Rule 4: Requests for bulk data
- Rule 5: Remote access to electronic court records
- Rule 6: Correction of clerical error in electronic docket entry
- Addendum: Records excluded from public access
- Rule XVI: Uniform Rule on Limited Assistance Representation
Downloads
Open PDF file, 393.94 KB,
Trial Court Rule VI: Uniform Rules for Permanency Hearings
(English, PDF 393.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 902.34 KB,
Trial Court Rule VIII: Uniform Rules on Impoundment Procedure
(English, PDF 902.34 KB)
Open PDF file, 379.63 KB,
Trial Court Rule XIV: Uniform Rules on Public Access to Court Records
(English, PDF 379.63 KB)
Open PDF file, 695.19 KB,
Summary Process (eviction) Complaint (sample form)
(English, PDF 695.19 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.01 MB,
Affidavit disclosing care or custody proceeding (OCAJ-1 TRC IV)
(English, PDF 1.01 MB)
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