Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts

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The Probate and Family Courts are courts in Massachusetts that have jurisdiction over family matters such as divorce, child support, custody, and adoption.

Court division

There is one probate and family court in each county in Massachusetts with some having additional satellite court houses.

• Angela M. Ordonez (Chief justice)

Barnstable Probate Court Berkshire Probate Court Bristol Probate Court Dukes Probate Court Essex Probate Court Franklin Probate Court Hampden Probate Court

Hampshire Probate Court Middlesex Probate Court Nantucket Probate Court Norfolk Probate Court Plymouth Probate Court Suffolk Probate Court Worcester Probate Court

See also

• Massachusetts Probate Court Judges
• Courts in Massachusetts
• Massachusetts counties

External links

• Massachusetts Court System, "Probate & Family Court Department"
• Massachusetts Court System, "Probate and Family Courts by County"

Footnotes

Massachusetts courts

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Federal courts:

First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Massachusetts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Massachusetts

State courts:

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Massachusetts Appeals Court • Massachusetts Superior Courts • Massachusetts District Courts • Massachusetts Housing Courts • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts • Massachusetts Land Courts • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts

State resources:

Courts in Massachusetts • Massachusetts judicial elections • Judicial selection in Massachusetts