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Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 208 Section 31 Custody of children; shared custody plans

may enter an order for temporary sole legal custody for one parent if written findings are made that such shared custody would not be in the best interest of the child ...

Bill H.1942 An Act relative to the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act

may be cited as the Massachusetts Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ... EFFECT OF CHILD-CUSTODY DETERMINATION A child-custody determination made by a court of ...

Bill S.1052 An Act relative to the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act

may be cited as the Massachusetts Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ... EFFECT OF CHILD-CUSTODY DETERMINATION A child-custody determination made by a court of ...

Bill S.2550 An Act relative to the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act

Child-custody determination”, a judgment, decree or other order of a court providing for legal custody, physical custody, parenting time or visitation with respect to a child ...

Bill H.1963 An Act relative to child custody

if the court finds that delegating visitation rights is in the best interest of the child ... accompanied by bill, House, No. 1963) of John H. Rogers relative to child custody ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XVII Chapter 119 Section 25 Hearing; custody of child

or licensed agency providing foster care for children or may commit the child to the custody of the department ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XVII Chapter 119 Section 24 Procedure to commit child to custody or other disposition; notice and summons; emergency order transferring custody; investigation; abandoned children

and summonses to both parents of the child to show cause why the child should not be committed to the custody of the department or why any other ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. Report Children in DCF custody, attendance.

Department of Children and Families

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part IV Title I Chapter 273 Section 8 Lack of custody as defence; duty to support child

that the defendant has ceased to have custody or the right to custody of such child on his own acquiescence or by judicial action ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XVII Chapter 119 Section 51C Custody of injured child pending transfer to department or pending hearing

Any other physician treating a child reported ... fifty-one A may be so authorized by the court to keep such child in his custody until such time as the custody of the child has ...

Bill H.1711 An Act relative to child custody when either parent is on active military duty

If a party with sole or joint physical custody or parenting time receives temporary duty ... 1711) of Colleen M. Garry relative to child custody when parents are on active military duty ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 208 Section 19 Pendency of action for divorce; custody of children

a next friend in behalf of the minor children of the parties, make such order relative to the care and custody of such children during the pendency of the action for divorce as ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 208 Section 29 Minor children; foreign divorces, care and custody

of a next friend in behalf of the children, after notice to both parents, shall have the ... make judgments relative to their care, custody, education and maintenance, and to revise ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XVII Chapter 119 Section 23D . Eligibility of child in custody to receive benefits

the representative payee or fiduciary of a child under its care and custody if the child is already receiving benefits prior to entering the department's custody ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XV Chapter 94C Section 36 Protective custody of children found present where controlled substances are unlawfully kept or possessed

Persons having custody of a child under this section shall make reasonable efforts to notify the child's parent or guardian or other person having lawful custody ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 208 Section 28A Temporary care; custody and maintenance of minor children

a next friend on behalf of the minor children of the parties and notice to the other party ... may make temporary orders relative to the care, custody and maintenance of such children ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 209 Section 38 Visitation and custody orders; consideration of abuse toward parent or child; best interest of child

it is not in the best interests of the child to be placed in sole custody, shared legal custody, or shared physical custody with the abusive parent ... For the purposes of this section ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 208 Section 31A Visitation and custody orders; consideration of abuse toward parent or child; best interest of child

it is not in the best interests of the child to be placed in sole custody, shared legal custody or shared physical custody with the abusive parent ... For the purposes of this section ...

Bill H.206 An Act fast-tracking adoptions for children in DCF custody

at the end thereof the following words:- Children in the custody of some suitable person or licensed agency providing foster care for children or the department for not less than ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XVII Chapter 119 Section 23A Children born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and custody

place of commitment or elsewhere for the care of said child as may seem to be for the best interests of said child

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 209C Section 26 Best interest of the child; parentage challenges and genetic testing; more than two parents; determination of custody, parenting time, visitation and child support

A finding of best interest of the child under this section does not require a finding of ... (d) Custody, parenting time, visitation and child support shall be determined in accordance ...

Bill H.2002 An Act relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims

conceived during the commission of that rape, unless a visitation or custody action is filed or initiated by the child conceived of that rape who: (i) has then ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part II Title III Chapter 208 Section 28 Children; care, custody and maintenance; child support obligations; provisions for education and health insurance; parents convicted of first degree murder

parties and may determine with which of the parents the children or any of them shall remain or may award their custody to ... an order for maintenance or support of a child, the ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part III Title I Chapter 215 Section 56B Contempt proceedings involving child care, custody or maintenance; guardian ad litem; appointment

of the probate court involving care, custody or maintenance of minor children, and said guardian ad litem may personally ... The compensation shall be fixed by the court and shall be ...

Bill H.4216 An Act to promote equitable hair care for children in state custody

requires otherwise, have the following meanings: "Child" or “Youth”, any person under the age of 18 years who is in the care and custody of the department ...