Massachusetts Statutes

Section 71A. The court administrator may designate three of the court officers of the superior court to act as assistant chief court officers for attendance on the superior court in Suffolk county. Such officers, in addition to their regular duties as court officers, shall perfor…

Section 72. Officers appointed as court officers to attend upon the sessions of the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in any county, including chief deputies, assistant chief deputies and all chief court officers designated under section seventy-one, shall hold office d…

Section 73. The officer in attendance upon the land court in Suffolk County shall receive from the commonwealth in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the judges of said court. Each officer in attendance upon the probate court in said county sh…

Section 73B. Each officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, which salary shall be paid by the commonwealth. Ea…

Section 75. The compensation of deputy sheriffs not on salary and of constables for attendance upon the supreme judicial, appeals, superior or probate court shall be paid by the commonwealth. The compensation of deputy sheriffs not on salary and of constables for attendance upon …

Section 76. The administrative assistant to the justices of the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county shall be appointed by the justices of said court. Said administrative assistant shall be paid by the commonwealth such sum as shall be determined by the justices of said court…

Section 76A. The justices of the superior court may appoint an assistant messenger of said court sitting in and for the county of Suffolk. His salary shall be established by said justices and shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 77. Premiums on bonds of court officers and deputy sheriffs in attendance on the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk county and on the courts in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Worcester counties shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 78. Any officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county under section seventy-three, including the messenger of the justices of said court, may be designated by the justices to serve venires for jurors and the processes of said court, and when so d…

Section 79. Officers in attendance upon the sessions of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county and the officers appointed for attendance on the sessions of the superior court for civil or criminal business in Worcester county shall summon witnesses on behalf o…

Section 8. If by reason of illness or other cause the clerk of the courts in any county, or of the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county, is unable to perform his duties, and there is no assistant clerk or he also is unable to perform the duties of his office, the justices of …

Section 80. Court officers receiving stated salaries and deputy sheriffs in attendance upon the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk, Middlesex, Bristol, Norfolk, Hampden and Worcester counties shall, while on duty in said courts, wear uniforms which shall be de…

Section 81. No deputy sheriff or constable receiving a salary from the county shall be designated to attend, for compensation by the day, upon the sessions of the supreme judicial or superior court, and no deputy sheriff or constable shall receive compensation for attendance upon…

Section 82. The justices of the superior court shall appoint from time to time such official stenographers and additional stenographers for the several counties as the business of the court may require. Official and additional stenographers shall be sworn officers of the court, r…

Section 83. The presiding justice at any sitting, trial or hearing in the supreme judicial court or the superior court, in case no stenographer is assigned therefor or in case of the illness or absence of a stenographer assigned, may appoint one or more temporary stenographers, w…

Section 86. A justice of the superior court may, upon the request of the district attorney or, if the grand jury was convened upon the written request of the attorney general, upon the request of the attorney general, appoint a stenographer, who shall be sworn, and who shall take…

Section 87. The justices of the superior court may make regulations not inconsistent with law relative to the assignments, duties and service of stenographers appointed for that court, and any other matters relative to such stenographers.

Section 88. Upon request of the presiding justice or any party, the stenographer shall furnish a transcript of his notes, or any part thereof, taken at a trial or hearing, for which he shall be paid by the party requesting it at the rate of $3 per page for the original and $1 per…

Section 89. The justices of the superior court from time to time may appoint one or more clerical assistants, removable at the pleasure of the justices, and fix their compensation, which shall be paid by the county, or the commonwealth, or by both in such proportion as the justic…

Section 9. If an assistant clerk of the courts is unable to perform the duties of his office, a temporary assistant clerk may be appointed in the same manner as an assistant clerk and he shall perform the duties of that office until the assistant clerk resumes his duties.

Section 90A. When a salaried official stenographer renders service in a county other than the one for which he is appointed, the justice shall allow him his reasonable and actual expenses for transportation, food and lodging, to be paid by the commonwealth. At the conclusion of h…

Section 91. Official stenographers, and all additional and temporary stenographers, appointed by the justices of the superior court shall receive salaries which shall be established from time to time by said justices which shall be paid by the commonwealth. Such official stenogra…

Section 91B. At any hearing or proceeding in connection with a criminal case, including a hearing on the issuance of a complaint, at which a court appointed stenographer is not present, the defendant or the person against whom such complaint is filed may have the proceedings take…

Section 91C. Any party to a civil proceeding assigned to trial before an auditor or master may, upon motion duly made to the court, have such proceedings recorded at his own expense. Such party shall include in his motion the name of the official stenographer to be designated by …

Section 91D. (a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings: ''Court reporter'', a shorthand reporter or voice reporter engaged in the practice of court reporting. ''Practice of court reporting…

Section 92. The justices of the superior court may appoint such official interpreters as they may deem necessary for the sessions of the court. Such interpreters shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the court, shall be paid by the commonwealth, and shall render such addi…

Section 92A. In any proceeding in any court in which a deaf or hearing-impaired person is a party or a witness, or proceeding involves a juvenile whose parent, or parents, is deaf or hearing-impaired, or in any proceeding before an executive or legislative board, commission, agen…

Section 93. The salary of the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall be 81.57 per cent of the salary of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth. The salary of the first assistant cler…

Section 94. Except as provided in section ninety-three and except as otherwise provided, the salaries of the clerks of the courts and their assistants and the clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county and his assistants, the clerk of the superior court department for…

Section 99. Clerks and assistant clerks of courts shall receive from the commonwealth their traveling expenses necessarily incurred when holding sessions of said courts outside of the cities or towns in which the clerks' offices are established and any expenses actually incurred …

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:— ''Board'', the board of directors of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. ''Corporation'', the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. ''Eligible client'', any ind…

Section 10. The corporation shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of its activities within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year to the clerk of the house of representatives, to the clerk of the senate, and to the governor. The annual report shall include, b…

Section 11. The books and records of the corporation shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, once every 3 years and as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.

Section 12. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund, as defined in section one. The corporation shall establish procedures for the application by qualified legal services programs for financial assistance from funds received or from other sou…

Section 2. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation for the purpose of providing financial support for legal assistance programs that provide representation to persons financially unable to afford such assi…

Section 3. The corporation shall be governed and its corporate powers exercised by a board of directors consisting of eleven persons, one of whom shall be the chief justice of the trial court, or his or her designee, and ten of whom shall be appointed by the justices of the supre…

Section 4. The board shall hire an executive director and establish his salary. The executive director shall be the chief administrative and operational officer of the corporation. The executive director shall attend meetings of the board and may, subject to the approval of the b…

Section 5. The directors shall annually elect one of their members as vice chairman and shall designate a secretary and treasurer who need not be members of the board. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the corporation and shall be custodian of all books, doc…

Section 6. The corporation shall have the following powers: (a) to make, amend, and repeal by-laws, rules and regulations, for the management of its affairs; (b) to adopt an official seal; (c) to sue and be sued, in its own name, subject to the provisions of section eight; (d) to…

Section 7. The corporation shall have authority to insure the compliance of recipients and their employees with the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations, and guidelines promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and to terminate after a hearing financial support to a …

Section 8. The corporation shall not itself participate in litigation unless the corporation or a recipient of the corporation is a party, or a recipient is representing an eligible client in litigation in which the interpretation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under…

Section 9. The corporation shall, subject to appropriation or to the amount of monies available from the fund, or from funds made available from any other public or private source, provide financial assistance to both local and statewide programs. In each fiscal year at least eig…

Section 1. The provisions of this chapter are enacted to expedite the hearing of child support cases in compliance with Section 3 of Public Law 98–378 (Section 466 of Title IV–D of the Social Security Act) and shall take effect upon receipt of notice by the IV–D agency of the dis…

Section 10. After review of the hearing officer's decision in accordance with section seven or reconsideration under section eight, a party may claim an appeal to the appeals court from an order, decision, or judgment of the court. Such appeal must be claimed within thirty days o…

Section 2. A committee of child support hearing officers shall certify as child support hearing officers members of the bar of the commonwealth who shall have practiced family law for a minimum period prescribed by the committee. Those certified shall participate in a training pr…

Section 3. The committee on child support hearing officers shall be comprised of the chief justice of the trial court, the administrative justices of the probate and family court department, the district court department, and the Boston municipal court department, or their design…