Massachusetts § 51H Protective alerts; transport of child to another state or country

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 51H — Protective alerts; transport of child to another state or country

Massachusetts § 51H

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVIIPUBLIC WELFARE

Ch. 119PROTECTION AND CARE OF CHILDREN, AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THEM

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, § 51H (2026).

Text

Section 51H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may send to, or receive from, any other state or country a protective alert containing any information about a child related to a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect if the department reasonably believes that the child has been or will be transported to another state or country.

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