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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211B, § 10C (2026)

Limitation of powers, duties or responsibilities of clerks or registers of probate

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Section 10C. The general superintendence and administrative authority of the chief justice of the trial court, court administrator, and the chief justices of the respective departments of the trial court and the first justices of particular courts shall not include the authority or power to exercise, supersede, limit, prevent the exercise of or otherwise affect any of the powers, duties and responsibilities of the clerks or registers of probate in any general or special law, including laws authorizing or governing the selection and appointment of personnel, except where expressly authorized.

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Cited in 2 cases, 2003–2014 · leading case: First Just. of the Bristol Div. of the Juv. Court Dep't v. Clerk-magistrate of the Bristol Div. of the Juv. Court Dep't, 438 Mass. 387 (2003).
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First Just. of the Bristol Div. of the Juv. Court Dep't v. Clerk-magistrate of the Bristol Div. of the Juv. Court Dep't, 438 Mass. 387 (2003). · cites it 2× “177, § 41, inserting G. L. c. 211B, § 10C. The remaining challenged statutes relate to the authority of the CJAM and First Justices with respect to probation officers in the various department of the trial court.”
Campatelli v. Chief Just. of Trial Court, 11 N.E.3d 115 (Mass. 2014). “” Finally, our conclusion with respect to the statutory authority of all three court officials to suspend the register of probate with pay also is unaltered by G. L. c. 211B, § 10C, which imposes a general limitation on the three court officials’ authority to interfere with the…”
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