Massachusetts Statutes

Section 23D. In addition to the judicial case managers of the probate and family court provided for in section 23C, the first justices of the respective courts of the probate and family court department for the following counties may, with the approval of the chief justice of the…

Section 26. The signing or electronic rendering of the name of any second, third or fourth assistant register followed by the designation, ''assistant register'', shall be a sufficient official signature.

Section 27. An assistant register shall perform his duties under the direction of the register and shall pay over to the register all fees and amounts received as such assistant. He may authenticate papers and perform such other duties as are not performed by the register. In cas…

Section 27A. A judicial case manager and an assistant judicial case manager shall perform his duties under the direction of the first justice and shall pay over to the register all fees and amounts received as such assistant. He may authenticate papers and perform such other duti…

Section 28. The first justice of the Suffolk county court may, subject to the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge…

Section 29. The first justice of the Middlesex county court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge or …

Section 29A. The first justice of the Dukes county court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge or reg…

Section 29B. The first justice for the Nantucket county court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, appoint a clerk who may administer the oaths required in probate proceedings that are not prescribed by law to be administered by the judge o…

Section 29C. The register of the Barnstable probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 3 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove…

Section 29D. The register of the Berkshire probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register with the same powers as assistant register and with the approval of the chief justice remove a d…

Section 29E. The register of the Hampden probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 6 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a …

Section 29F. The register of the Worcester probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 6 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief just…

Section 29G. The register of the Bristol probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 3 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justic…

Section 29H. The register of the Hampshire probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 3 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief just…

Section 29I. The register of the Plymouth probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 5 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justi…

Section 29J. The register of the Essex probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register with the same powers as an assistant register and with the approval of the chief justice …

Section 29K. The register of the Franklin probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register with the same powers as an assistant register and with the approval of the chief justi…

Section 29L. The register of the Norfolk probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register with the same powers as an assistant register and with the approval of the chief justic…

Section 30. The judges of probate for the counties of Suffolk, Middlesex, Plymouth and Norfolk may appoint three officers, and the judges of probate for the counties of Essex and Worcester may appoint two officers to attend the sessions of the court for their respective counties.…

Section 33. The registers for the several counties shall annually be allowed for assistance in their several counties, to be paid by the commonwealth, such sums as shall annually be appropriated by the general court. All employees in the various registries of probate shall be sub…

Section 35. The salaries of registers, including administrative deputy assistants, judicial case managers, assistant judicial case managers, first assistant registers and assistant registers shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 35A. The salaries of the registers of the probate and family court department shall be 81.57 per cent of the salary of the chief justice of the department and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth. The registers of probate shall devote their entire …

Section 35B. The salaries of first assistant registers, judicial case managers and administrative deputy assistants of the probate and family court department shall be 83.5 per cent of the salary of the registers pursuant to section 35A and shall be paid by the commonwealth. The …

Section 39. The compensation of court officers for attendance at sessions of the probate courts and of messengers for said courts, whose appointment is authorized by law, shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 3B. There shall be an associate justice of the trial court appointed in Hampshire county, hereinbefore known as the special judge of probate and insolvency in the county of Hampshire, who shall be and perform the duties of a full-time circuit justice in said county or suc…

Section 3C. There shall be 19 associate justices of the trial court appointed for the probate and family court department who shall be and perform the duties of circuit justices in such counties as the chief justice shall from time to time designate, and when so assigned they sha…

Section 4. There shall be in each county a register of probate and insolvency, who shall hold office for six years beginning with the first Wednesday in January in the year succeeding his election, and until his successor is qualified.

Section 42. Judges, registers, judicial case managers, assistant judicial case managers, first assistant registers and assistant registers shall receive from the commonwealth their actual and proper traveling expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties i…

Section 43. A temporary register shall be entitled to the same compensation as the register, and shall be paid by him if the appointment is caused by his absence; but if the appointment is caused by his death, removal or resignation, the temporary register shall be paid by the co…

Section 5. Each judge of probate, before entering upon the performance of his official duties, in addition to the oaths prescribed by the constitution, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully discharge said duties and that he will not during his continuance in of…

Section 5A. Each register, before entering upon the performance of his official duties, in addition to the oaths prescribed by the constitution, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully discharge said duties and that he will not during his continuance in office, d…

Section 6A. No special judge of probate, register, assistant register or person employed in any registry of probate and insolvency shall be interested in, or benefited by, the fees or emoluments which may arise in any matter pending before the probate court or court of insolvency…

Section 6B. No justice, circuit justice or special justice sitting in a probate and family court shall be interested in, or be benefitted by, the fees or emoluments which may arise in any matter pending before any probate court or which may arise in any suit or action pending in …

Section 7. If a judge or register desires to be appointed guardian of his minor child, who is an inhabitant of or resides in the same county, such appointment may be made, and all subsequent proceedings in regard thereto had, in the probate court of an adjoining county. A judge w…

Section 8. The justice provided for under the provisions of section 1 of chapter 211B as the chief justice for the probate and family court department, in addition to his judicial powers and duties, shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme judicial court as …

Section 8A. The chief justice and deputy court administrator shall be provided with suitable offices.

Section 9. A judge of probate may, in any case in which a judgment, decree, order or allowance can be made without a hearing, and in any case after a hearing, make such judgment, decree, order or allowance, and approve bonds, at any place in the commonwealth, with the same effect…

Section 1. The district court department, established under section 1 of chapter 211B, shall consist of divisions, 1 for each of the judicial districts hereinafter enumerated, and whenever the words "district court'', "municipal court'' or "court'' are used in this chapter, unles…

Section 10. The clerk of a district court may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint one or more assistant clerks for whose official acts the clerk shall be responsib…

Section 10A. The clerk of each district court, except the central division of the Boston municipal court department, may, designate such employees in his office, as in his judgment may be necessary for the convenience of the public, as deputy assistant clerks of said court, who s…

Section 11. In case of the absence, death or removal of a salaried assistant clerk of the district court department and the Boston municipal court department, the clerk, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursu…

Section 12. The clerks, assistant clerks, temporary clerks and temporary assistant clerks of said courts shall be sworn, and in the case of any such assistant clerk, temporary clerk or temporary assistant clerk the oath of office may be administered by the justice or a special or…

Section 13. The records, papers and documents of the district courts may, subject to the approval of the supervisor of public records, be stored and kept in the trial court electronic document management system or in fireproof rooms, vaults and safes, provided by the commonwealth…

Section 14. Clerks and assistant clerks of district courts may sign process issued by the said courts, and court records, documents or other legal papers, or copies thereof, relating to criminal, delinquent, wayward and neglected cases made or issued by such clerks or assistant c…

Section 15. The chief justice for the district court department, and the chief justice for the Boston municipal court department, shall prescribe the times for holding civil and criminal trials in their respective departments, and the divisions thereof, except where such times ar…

Section 16. The clerk of a division of the district court department before entering upon the performance of his official duties, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, shall give to the commonwealth a bond, conditione…