Chapter 215 - PROBATE COURTS

Section 215:1 - Probate court; divisions; definitions; courts of record
Section 215:2 - Superior jurisdiction; presumption
Section 215:3 - General provisions
Section 215:4 - Separate estates of married women; paternity, custody and support of minors
Section 215:5 - French spoliation awards
Section 215:6 - Equity jurisdiction
Section 215:6A - Attachment by injunction
Section 215:6C - Modification of judgment as to care and custody of minor children; temporary orders
Section 215:7 - Attachment of jurisdiction; control of case
Section 215:8 - [Repealed]
Section 215:8A - Change of venue
Section 215:9 - Persons entitled to appeal
Section 215:9A - Fiduciaries; acts during appeal period
Section 215:10 - Appellate procedure
Section 215:11 - Report of facts
Section 215:13 - Reservation and report of case to appeals court
Section 215:14 - Interlocutory judgments and decrees; revision on appeal from final judgments or decrees
Section 215:17 - Insolvent estates
Section 215:18 - Stenographers; appointment
Section 215:19 - Consolidation of appeals by appellant
Section 215:20 - Consolidation of appeals by court
Section 215:22 - Effect of appeal; interlocutory orders
Section 215:23 - Effect of appeal; equity cases
Section 215:24 - Effect of appeal; separate support and custody cases
Section 215:25 - Removal of fiduciary; effect of appeal
Section 215:26 - Decree; force and effect
Section 215:27 - Pending appeals; modification of decrees
Section 215:28 - Reversal or affirmance
Section 215:30 - Rules and forms; power of judges to make
Section 215:30B - [Repealed]
Section 215:31 - Notice of hearing; rule making power of courts
Section 215:32 - Transaction of business out of court
Section 215:33 - Notice; ex parte matters
Section 215:34 - Enforcement of orders, sentences, judgments and decrees; punishing contempts; effect of arrearages on support orders; unemployment of defendant
Section 215:34A - Contempt; support or custody orders; costs; service; attorney's fees; interest
Section 215:34B - Review of contempt order prior to order of confinement
Section 215:35 - Warrants and commissions; revocation
Section 215:36 - Judgments, decrees and orders; necessity of writing; notices; recording
Section 215:37 - Docket and index; manner of keeping; public inspection
Section 215:38 - Oaths
Section 215:39 - Administration of estates; compensation for services; power to determine and enforce
Section 215:39A - Attorneys' fees; power of court to determine
Section 215:39B - Attorneys' fees; allowance
Section 215:40 - Resignation or removal of fiduciary; power to compel surrender of property
Section 215:41 - Temporary investments
Section 215:41A - Distribution of limited funds of estates to parents of minors
Section 215:42 - Appearances
Section 215:43 - Interrogatories
Section 215:44 - Concealed property; examination of suspects under oath
Section 215:45 - Costs
Section 215:46 - Summons or citation; service by registered mail
Section 215:47 - Waiver of notice
Section 215:49 - Notices; selection of newspapers
Section 215:50 - Receipts and releases of fiduciaries; recording; fees
Section 215:52 - Original will; taking from registry
Section 215:53 - Court room and room for records; duty to provide
Section 215:54 - Rooms for records; additional space
Section 215:55 - Preservation of dockets and indexes
Section 215:56 - Recording of proceedings in Suffolk; expense
Section 215:56A - Investigations
Section 215:56B - Contempt proceedings involving child care, custody or maintenance; guardian ad litem; appointment
Section 215:56C - Appointment of guardian or conservator for incapacitated persons
Section 215:57 - Contempt powers of judge, etc.
Section 215:58 - Court; open times
Section 215:59 - Adjournment
Section 215:60 - Holidays and election days
Section 215:62 - Times and places for holding courts