SENATE DOCKET, NO. 948        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1627

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the first justice of the probate and family court..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 217 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fifth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Any person aggrieved by a decision of a chief justice concerning such a dispute between said first justice and said register may appeal said decision to the chief justice for administration and management, who shall, within thirty days, hear and determine the matter.