Massachusetts § 5 Failure to object after notice; proceedings

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Failure to object after notice; proceedings

Massachusetts § 5

Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Title IIIDOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 210ADOPTION OF CHILDREN AND CHANGE OF NAMES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, § 5 (2026).

Text

Section 5. If, after such notice, a person whose consent is required does not appear and object to the adoption, the court may act upon the petition without his consent, subject to his right of appeal, or it may appoint a guardian ad litem with power to give or withhold consent.

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