Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209C, § 12 (2026)

Trial; exclusion of public

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Section 12. In actions under this chapter, the trial shall be by the court without a jury. In an action to establish parentage, the court shall, upon request of any party, exclude the general public from the room where the trial is held and may admit only persons directly interested in the case, including officers of the court and witnesses.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1989–2006 · leading case: Dep't of Revenue v. Jarvenpaa, 534 N.E.2d 286 (Mass. 1989).

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Dep't of Revenue v. Jarvenpaa, 534 N.E.2d 286 (Mass. 1989). · cites it 2× “Second, if this proceeding may properly go forward, the defendant, who has filed a claim of a jury trial, argues that, under the Constitution of the Commonwealth he is entitled to a trial by jury and that the provision in G. L. c. 209C, § 12, stating that trials in actions under…”

Boehm v. Premier Ins., 846 N.E.2d 1145 (Mass. 2006). “30A, § 14 (5) (“review shall be conducted by the court without a jury”); G. L. c. 209C, § 12 (“trial shall be by the court without a jury”); G.”

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