SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1463        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 779

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cynthia S. Creem

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to authorize transfer of supplementary proceedings when the judgment debtor moves to another district.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1463        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 779

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 689 OF 2013-2014.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to authorize transfer of supplementary proceedings when the judgment debtor moves to another district.

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 16 of chapter 224 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

If, after an application for supplementary process has been filed under this chapter, the judgment debtor moves out of the judicial district where the proceedings were brought, the court may, on request of the judgment creditor, transfer the proceedings to the division of the court in the judicial district to which the judgment debtor has moved.  If the court orders such transfer, the docket entries and the original papers shall be forwarded to said court, without payment of an entry fee, and the proceedings shall continue in that court as though originally entered therein.  Any order already made by the court under this section shall remain in effect unless the court orders otherwise.