Chapter 119: PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THEM
- Section 1 Declaration of policy; purpose
- Section 2 to 20 Repealed, 1972, 785, Sec. 6
- Section 21 Definitions applicable to Secs. 21 to 51H
- Section 21A Admissibility of evidence; qualified experts
- Section 22 Visitation of family foster homes; removal of child; discharge of child to parent or legal guardian
- Section 23 Responsibility of department to provide foster care for children; placement with relatives; funeral expenses; child profile form; extension of support of child until 22 years of age; assignment of support rights; assistance to foster care families; compliance with section 23D
- Section 23A Children born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and custody
- Section 23B Services to unwed mothers
- Section 23C Foster parents' bill of rights
- Section 23D . Eligibility of child in custody to receive benefits
- Section 24 Procedure to commit child to custody or other disposition; notice and summons; emergency order transferring custody; investigation; abandoned children
- Section 25 Hearing; custody of child
- Section 26 Procedure at hearing; order of commitment; petition to dispense with parental consent to adoption; reimbursement of commonwealth; petition for review
- Section 26A Registration of interest for foster care placement; criminal record review; fingerprint-based checks; grounds for rejection
- Section 26B Grandparent visitation; sibling visitation; appeal of decision to deny visitation
- Section 26C Summary of foster care providers' employment
- Section 26D Behavior or temperament assessment or veterinary records for animals in foster or pre-adoptive homes
- Section 27 Appeals; procedure; notice of right of appeal; time limits
- Section 28 Orders for payment of support; who may bring action; expiration of order or judgment
- Section 29 Right to counsel; notice of right; court appointed counsel
- Section 29A Legal fees of minors in criminal proceedings; liability of parents
- Section 29B Determination of future status of committed children; orders; permanency hearings; appeals
- Section 29C Judicial certification of need to remove child from home
- Section 29D Notice of hearing
- Section 30, 31 Repealed, 1961, 396, Sec. 5
- Section 32 Placement of children in private families; screening under early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment standards and assessment for behavioral health symptoms and sequelae; individualized health care plan
- Section 33 Placement of children in family home care
- Section 33A [There is no 119:33A.]
- Section 33B Placement in family home care of juvenile who has or may have committed a sexual offense or arson
- Section 33C Congregate care program; reasonable and prudent parent standard
- Section 34 Transportation of children in patrol wagons
- Section 35 Furnishing parent or guardian information as to child; permission to visit; notice; parents convicted of first degree murder
- Section 36 Bringing child into commonwealth with view to adoption, guardianship, custody or care; permit; application; bond
- Section 37 Rules and regulations of department
- Section 38 Closed hearings; publication of names
- Section 38A Petitions for order to not resuscitate or to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment; required recommendations; appeals
- Section 39 Abandonment of infant under age of ten
- Section 39A to 39C Repealed, 1973, 1076, Sec. 6
- Section 39D Visitation rights to certain grandparents of unmarried minor children; place to file petition
- Section 39E Petitions seeking determination that child is in need of services; jurisdiction; standing
- Section 39F Children in need of services; right to counsel; determination of indigency; assessment of costs
- Section 39G Hearing; determination of child requiring assistance
- Section 39H Custodial protection of child; notification and placement; bail; detention; right of appeal
- Section 39I Children in need of services; appeal; rights and procedures
- Section 39J Repealed, 2012, 240, Sec. 32
- Section 39K Child welfare service needs of sexually exploited children
- Section 39L Children in violation of prohibition against common night walking or common streetwalking; petition for care and protection; appointment of guardian ad litem; stay of juvenile delinquency or criminal proceedings; failure of child to comply with requirements
- Section 39M Dependency proceedings for abused, neglected and abandoned children; determination of child's best interest; petition for special findings
- Section 40 to 51 Repealed, 1954, 646, Sec. 1
- Section 51A Reporting of suspected abuse or neglect; mandated reporters; collection of physical evidence; penalties; content of reports; liability; privileged communication
- Section 51B Investigation of report of abuse filed under Sec. 51A; removal of child; transmission and filing of written reports; notice to district attorney; disclosure of information by mandated reporter
- Section 51C Custody of injured child pending transfer to department or pending hearing
- Section 51D Powers and duties of area directors; multi-disciplinary service teams
- Section 51E Reports of injured children; files; confidentiality; penalties
- Section 51F Central registry of information; confidentiality; penalties
- Section 51G Severability of Secs. 51A to 51F
- Section 51H Protective alerts; transport of child to another state or country
- Section 52 Delinquent children; definitions
- Section 53 Delinquent children; liberal construction; nature of proceedings
- Section 54 Delinquent children; complaint; indictment; examination of complainant
- Section 54A Delinquent children; diversion of child to program of community supervision or other rehabilitative services; assessment of suitability for diversion; determination of eligibility; diversion of child by district attorney; subsequent offense during stay of proceedings; effect of successful completion of diversion; ineligibility of diversion for child indicted as youthful offender or charged with violation of certain offenses
- Section 54B Alleged delinquent children; educational diversion program
- Section 55 Delinquent children; summoning of parent or guardian
- Section 55A Delinquent children; jury trials; discovery orders; jury-waived trials; appointment of stenographer
- Section 55B Delinquent children; plea; disposition request; pretrial motions
- Section 56 Delinquent children; adjournments; jury sessions; appointment of stenographer
- Section 57 Delinquent children; investigation by probation officer; record of performance; reports
- Section 58 Adjudication as delinquent child or youthful offender
- Section 58A Repealed, 1948, 310, Sec. 5
- Section 58B Delinquent children; motor vehicle violations; disposition; admissibility of adjudication and disposition as evidence in other proceedings
- Section 59 Delinquent children; violation of terms of probation
- Section 60 Delinquent children; admissibility of adjudication in subsequent proceeding; disqualification for public service
- Section 60A Inspection of records in youthful offender and delinquency cases
- Section 61 Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 7
- Section 62 Delinquent children; restitution or reparation by child to injured person
- Section 63 Inducing or abetting delinquency of child
- Section 63A Delinquent children; aiding and abetting violation of juvenile court order; concealing or harboring child; penalties; defenses
- Section 64 Delinquent children; powers of commissioner of probation; annual report
- Section 65 Juvenile sessions; presence of minors; exclusion of public
- Section 66 Detention of child in police station; commitment to jail, house of correction or state farm
- Section 67 Notice of arrest of child; release upon promise of child's appearance in court; detention
- Section 68 Commitment of children held for examination or trial
- Section 68A Diagnostic study by department of youth services; report and recommendations
- Section 68B Special foster homes; detention homes; alternate placements of child
- Section 68C Diagnostic services by department of youth services
- Section 69 Information and reports of superintendents of schools and teachers
- Section 69A Information of probation officers, police and school authorities
- Section 70 Summoning of parent or guardian during case
- Section 71 Failure to appear on summons; capias
- Section 72 Continuance of jurisdiction of courts in juvenile sessions
- Section 72A Proceedings upon apprehension after nineteenth birthday
- Section 72B Persons between the ages of fourteen and eighteen convicted of murder; penalties
- Section 73 Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 5
- Section 74 Limitations on criminal proceedings against children
- Section 75 Repealed, 1975, 840, Sec. 2A
- Section 76 to 82 Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 5
- Section 83 Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 16
- Section 84 Warrant of commitment to department of youth services
- Section 85 Department employees reporting animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; immunity from liability
- Section 86 Use of restraints during court proceedings
- Section 87 Placement of juvenile in secure detention facility or secure correctional facility or in any institution in which juvenile has contact with adult inmates
- Section 88 Participation in community-based restorative justice program
- Section 89 Juvenile justice policy and data board
- Section 391/2 Placement of a newborn into foster care