Guardians
Effective Mar 27, 2026Mass. Register #1570MGL c. 18B, §§ 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 21 MGL c. 28A, § 6(c) MGL c. 71B MGL c. 119, §§ 23, 23G, 36, 39E through J, 51A through F, Appendix MGL c. 210Massachusetts Department of Children & Families
- (1) The Interstate Compact procedures shall not apply to a non-agency guardian sending or bringing a child into a receiving state and leaving the child with a non-agency guardian or any of the exempt relatives enumerated in 110 CMR 7.503(3) in the receiving state.
- (2) The Interstate Compact and the provisions of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 shall apply whenever a resident of the Commonwealth is appointed guardian of a child by a court of another state for the purpose of securing an adoption in the Commonwealth.