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Chapter 209C

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209C

Nonmarital Children and Parentage of Children

1Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support 1ADefinitions 2Parentage; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrarr 3Paternity and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder 4Venue; service 5Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties 6Presumption of paternity; mandatory joinder 7Representation in parentage actions; appointment of counsel; burden of proof 8Judgment of parentage; age of parents; notice 9Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice 10Award of custody; criteria 11Acknowledgment of parentage; approval; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation 12Trial; exclusion of public 13Inspection of documents; copies; segregation of records 14Complaints brought prior to birth 15Temporary orders; enforcement; information required to be given to petitioner; domestic violence record search 16Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence; failure of party to attend; testimony by telephone or affidavit 17Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs 18Judgments or orders of support; enforcement 19Judgment or temporary order of support; enforcement 20Modification of judgments; jurisdiction 21Action to determine mother and child relationship 22Proceedings barred under this chapter 23Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction 24Forms 25Adjudication of parentage of a child; commencement; governance; verified complaints; standing; temporary order of contact; de facto parent; third party right to visitation 26Best interest of the child; parentage challenges and genetic testing; more than two parents; determination of custody, parenting time, visitation and child support 27Application; venue; donor; assisted reproduction with the intent to be a parent; proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction; consent; death of person who intends to be a parent; clinical or laboratory error; genetic testing; commencement of proceeding; final judgment; divorce 28Application of sections 28 to 28P; venue 28ASurrogacy agreements 28BEnforceability of surrogacy agreement 28CSurrogacy agreement; required terms; expenses; surrogate health and welfare decisions; termination of agreement; assignability of rights 28DSurrogacy agreement; marriage; divorce 28EExclusive, continuing jurisdiction of court 28FTermination of surrogacy agreement; expenses; liability 28GVesting of parental rights upon birth of child conceived by assisted reproduction; genetic testing; application 28HDeath of intended parent before the transfer or implantation of a gamete or embryo 28IJudgment of parentage proceeding; order or judgment; parties; complaint; closed proceedings 28JGestational surrogacy agreement; enforceability; remedies for breach; specific performance;28KValidation of genetic surrogacy agreement; timing of order; termination 28LTermination of surrogacy agreement by intended parent or genetic surrogate; timing; expenses; liability 28MBirth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under genetic surrogacy agreement; notice to court; clinical or laboratory error; genetic testing to determine the genetic parentage of the child 28NGenetic surrogacy agreement not validated under section 28K; enforceability; preponderance of the evidence ; adjudication of parentage; standing 28OChild conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement; intended parents ;death of intended parent 28PBreach of genetic surrogacy agreement; remedies; specific performance 28QGender-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