This page links to an unofficial version of each section of G.L. c. 209C. Please note that sections that appear missing have been either reserved for future use or repealed.
Nonmarital children and parentage of children
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§ 1 Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 5-9, effective January 1, 2025
§ 1A Definitions
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 10, effective January 1, 2025
§ 2 Parentage; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrar
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 11-12, effective January 1, 2025
§ 3 Parentage and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 13-15, effective January 1, 2025
§ 5 Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 17-24, effective January 1, 2025
§ 6 Presumption of parentage; mandatory joinder
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 25-31, effective January 1, 2025
§ 8 Judgment of parentage; age of father; notice
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 33-37, effective January 1, 2025
§ 9 Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 38-39, effective January 1, 2025
§ 10 Award of custody; criteria
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 40-41, effective January 1, 2025
§ 11 Acknowledgment of parentage; approval; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 42-48, effective January 1, 2025
§ 13 Inspection of documents; copies; segregation of records
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 50-51, effective January 1, 2025
§ 14 Complaints brought prior to birth
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, § 52, effective January 1, 2025
§ 16 Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence; failure of party to attend; testimony by telephone or affidavit
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 53-55, effective January 1, 2025
§ 17 Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs
Amended by St. 2024, c. 166, §§ 56-62, effective January 1, 2025
§ 25 Adjudicating parentage; proceedings
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 26 Adjudicating parentage; challenges to, or competing claims of, parentage
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 27 Adjudicating parentage; challenges to, or competing claims of, parentage of children conceived through assisted reproduction
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28 Sections 28 to 28P; applicability; venue for proceedings
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28A Executing surrogacy agreements; requirements
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28B Enforceability of surrogacy agreements; requirements
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28C Surrogacy agreements; terms required
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28D Validity of a surrogacy agreement; marriage, divorce, or annulment of the surrogate or of an intended parent
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28E Continuation of court jurisdiction after execution of surrogacy agreement
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28F Termination of gestational surrogacy agreements
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28G Parental rights of intended parents under a gestational surrogacy agreement; genetic children of gestational surrogates; laboratory error
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28H Gestational surrogacy agreement; death of intended parent before the transfer or implantation of a gamete or embryo; exceptions
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28I Gestational surrogacy agreements; court proceedings for a judgment of parentage
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28J Gestational surrogacy agreements that do not comply with sections 28A, 28B and 28C
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28K Validation of genetic surrogacy agreements; court proceedings; termination of agreement
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28L Termination of surrogacy agreement before a gamete or embryo transfer or implantation; notice; restrictions; liability for damages
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28M Parentage of intended parents under genetic surrogacy agreement upon birth of child; filing notice with court; parentage in cases of laboratory errors; parentage when child is alleged not to have been conceived by assisted reproduction
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28N Enforceability of genetic surrogacy agreements not validated under Section 28K; standing to adjudicate parentage
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28O Death of intended parent between transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child; death of intended parent before transfer of a gamete or embryo; exceptions
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
§ 28P Breach of surrogacy agreement; remedies for non-breaching party
Added by St. 2024, c. 166, § 65, effective January 1, 2025
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