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MASSACHUSETTS CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 1— Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 2— Jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 3— Affidavits; contents; amendment; examination under oath; disclosure of addresses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 4— Parties; joinder; service of process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 5— Notice and opportunity to be heard; proper parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 6— Notice; nonresidents; proof of service
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 7— Jurisdiction; determination of appropriate forum; factors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 8— Personal appearance before court; expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 9— Testimony of witnesses outside state
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 10— Foreign courts; evidentiary hearings; transfer of information; orders to appear within state; expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 11— Custody proceedings in foreign courts; evidentiary hearings within state; transfer of information; orders to appear in foreign court; expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 12— Custody judgment of foreign state; filing within state; enforcement of judgment within state; expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 13— Preservation of record; time; copies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 14— International custody determinations; recognition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, § 15— Gender-affirming health care services of children; law of jurisdiction outside of commonwealth; custody, parenting time and visitation; abuse, neglect or maltreatment; consideration of the likely disruption or cessation of gender-affirming health care services in the alteration of custody, parenting time or visitation