Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 85B (2026)

Probation officers of the probate court; collection of delinquent payments due under order of the court; recommendations to the court

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Section 85B. Said probation officer shall have full power, by citation or other order duly issued by the probate court, to compel the attendance of witnesses to take testimony and do each and every thing necessary, including initiating contempt proceedings, to collect any and all delinquent payments due to any person entitled under order or decree of said court to receive payments, to make recommendations to the probate court, where there are dependent minor children, for the betterment of the conditions of said dependent minor children and to ascertain when requested to do so by the court the moral and general conditions surrounding said dependent minor children and shall report the result of such findings to said court.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1979–1988 · leading case: Duro v. Duro, 467 N.E.2d 165 (Mass. 1984).

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Duro v. Duro, 467 N.E.2d 165 (Mass. 1984). · cites it 5× “We hold that, as a matter of statutory interpretation, 1 reports of Probate Court probation officers made to a *575 probate judge, pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 85B, inserted by St. 1969, c.”

Custody of Jennifer, 517 N.E.2d 187 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). “9 (1984) (report of probation officer pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 85B). Their admission is determined by implicit statutory declarations of exceptions to the hearsay rule.”

Furtado v. Furtado, 389 N.E.2d 414 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “G. L. c. 276, § 85B. From the docket and the notations on the complaint, it appears that the complaint was returnable on November 4, 1976, when the defendant was defaulted and a capias issued.”

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