General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 221B Child Support Hearing Officers

• Massachusetts General Laws - Declaration of purpose; effective date of chapter - Chapter 221B, Section 1
  The provisions of this chapter are enacted to expedite the hearing of child support cases in compliance with Section 3 of Public Law 98-378 (Section...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Certification of officers; performance review; recertification and removal - Chapter 221B, Section 2
  A committee of child support hearing officers shall certify as child support hearing officers members of the bar of the commonwealth who shall have practiced...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Committee on child support hearing officers; membership; terms; chairman - Chapter 221B, Section 3
  The committee on child support hearing officers shall be comprised of the chief justice of the trial court, the administrative justices of the probate and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Child support cases; procedures; power of hearing officers - Chapter 221B, Section 4
  There are hereby established within the superior court department, the probate and family court department, district court department, and Boston municipal court department of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rules - Chapter 221B, Section 5
  The child support cases heard by the child support hearing officers shall be governed by rules promulgated by the Supreme Judicial Court. Such rules shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of hearing officers - Chapter 221B, Section 6
  Without the approval of any justice of any court, a child support hearing officer shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the appearance of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Power of hearing officers to make orders - Chapter 221B, Section 7
  A hearing officer shall have the power to make the following orders, notwithstanding the default of the party chargeable with support or his failure to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Review and approval of orders or judgments - Chapter 221B, Section 7A
  Each order or judgment of a hearing officer described in section six shall be presented to a justice of the division in which he is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reconsideration hearing - Chapter 221B, Section 8
  Within three business days of the hearing officer’s decision, any party may seek reconsideration of that decision to a justice of the division in which...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Orders and judgments; effective date; stays - Chapter 221B, Section 9
  Orders or judgments of a hearing officer shall be effective immediately unless stayed by a justice. Orders or judgments of a hearing officer shall not...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appeals - Chapter 221B, Section 10
  After review of the hearing officer’s decision in accordance with section seven or reconsideration under section eight, a party may claim an appeal to the...

Last modified: September 11, 2015