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: |
December 19, 2024
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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 date; Service of Process
- 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, default or dismissal; Notice
- 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, hearings and judgments
- Rule 7A: Payment hearing required
- Rule 7B: Conducting the payment hearing
- 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 Custody Matters
- 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 Assistance Benefits by Minor Children
- Rule XI: Uniform Rule for Probable Cause Determinations for Persons Arrested Without a Warrant
- 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 court that issued the warrant or summons
- 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
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Open PDF file, 393.94 KB, Trial Court Rule VI: Uniform Rules for Permanency Hearings (English, PDF 393.94 KB)
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Open PDF file, 902.34 KB, Trial Court Rule VIII: Uniform Rules on Impoundment Procedure (English, PDF 902.34 KB)
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Open PDF file, 379.63 KB, Trial Court Rule XIV: Uniform Rules on Public Access to Court Records (English, PDF 379.63 KB)
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Open PDF file, 761.36 KB, Summary Process Summons and Complaint Sample (English, PDF 761.36 KB)
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