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Massachusetts General Laws > Part II > Title III > Chapter 209C - Children Born Out Of Wedlock

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§ 1	Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support of children born out of wedlock
§ 2	Paternity; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrar
§ 3	Paternity and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder
§ 4	Venue; service
§ 5	Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties
§ 6	Presumption of paternity; mandatory joinder
§ 7	Representation in paternity actions; appointment of counsel; burden of proof
§ 8	Judgment of paternity; age of father or mother; notice
§ 9	Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice
§ 10	Award of custody; criteria
§ 11	Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; force and effect; rescission; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation
§ 12	Trial; exclusion of public
§ 13	Inspection of paternity documents; segregation of records
§ 14	Complaints brought prior to birth
§ 15	Temporary orders; enforcement; information required to be given to petitioner; domestic violence record search
§ 16	Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence
§ 17	Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs
§ 18	Judgments or orders of support; enforcement
§ 19	Judgment or temporary order of support; enforcement
§ 20	Modification of judgments; jurisdiction
§ 21	Action to determine mother and child relationship
§ 22	Proceedings barred under this chapter
§ 23	Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction
§ 24	Forms

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