Source: http://www.mass.gov/courts/case-legal-res/rules-of-court/juvenile/2-07.html
Timestamp: 2017-11-21 06:20:55
Document Index: 4698300

Matched Legal Cases: ['§24', '§3', '§24', '§24', '§29', '§29']

Juvenile Court Standing Order 2-07
Juvenile Court Standing Order 2-07: Time Standards
Care and Protection/Termination of Parental Rights cases are governed by statute, G.L. c. 119, §§24 , 26 and G.L. c. 210, §3 , which incorporated the mandates of the Federal Adoption and Safe Families Act into the General Laws in April 1999, as well as by Juvenile Court Rules.
1. Emergency custody hearing (G.L. c. 119, §24 : within seventy-two (72) hours of ex parte transfer of custody except by agreement of parties for good cause shown.
2. Appointment of Court Investigator (G.L. c. 119, §24 : after issuance of precept and notice to parents)
3. Filing of court investigator report (Juv. Ct. R.7: within sixty (60) days after the appointment of the investigator unless the court otherwise orders)
4. Motion/Status (Juv. Ct. R.10: within ninety (90) days after filing)
5. Pre-trial Conference (Juv. Ct. R.11: within one hundred and twenty (120) days after filing)
6. Permanency hearings for children in Department of Social Services’ custody (G.L. c. 119, §29B : twelve (12) months from the transfer of custody and annually thereafter
The court’s finding that certain circumstances exist, which, by statute (G.L. c. 119, §29C ), relieve the Department of Social Services of the requirement to make reasonable efforts to prevent removal or to reunify the family does not necessarily result in an uncontested trial.
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