Courts of Massachusetts

Courts of Massachusetts

Before 1978, all trial courts except the Land Court were county or local courts funded through the counties. The Massachusetts Trial Court was created by Chapter 478 of the Acts of 1978 that reorganized the courts into seven Trial Court Departments. Administrative Justices became responsible for the administration of each court department and as part of the overhaul, all judges became state judges with the same salary and benefits.

A second court reorganization in 1992 greatly expanded the Juvenile Court Department and ended trial de novo in the District Court Department. It also replaced Administrative Justices with Chief Justices and created a central office headed by the Chief Justice for Administration and Management. [1]

As of December 2010, there are 9 Chief Justices and 401 Associate Justices positions authorized by statue in the system with trial judges sitting in more than one 130 locations across the state.[2]

Courts of Massachusetts include:

John Adams Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court.
State courts of Massachusetts
Judicial courts
Administrative courts

Federal courts located in Massachusetts


References

  1. ^ "The Massachusetts Court System Intro". mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/admin/intro.html. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 
  2. ^ "The Massachusetts Court System Structure". mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/structure_color.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 
  3. ^ "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court - Home Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/sjc/. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  4. ^ "Appeals Court of Massachusetts". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080801215159/http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/appealscourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  5. ^ "The Massachusetts Court System". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/trialcourt.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  6. ^ "Superior Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/superiorcourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  7. ^ "District Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/districtcourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  8. ^ "Boston Municipal Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/bostonmunicipalcourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  9. ^ "Land Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/landcourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  10. ^ "Housing Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/housingcourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  11. ^ "Juvenile Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/juvenilecourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  12. ^ "Probate and Family Court Department - Main Information Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  13. ^ "Appellate Tax Board: Who We Are". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/atb/who_we_are.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  14. ^ "Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations - Home Page". Mass.gov. http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=elwdagencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions+(EOLWD)&L3=Division+of+Labor+Relations&sid=Elwd. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 
  15. ^ "United States District Court - District of Massachusetts". Mad.uscourts.gov. http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 

See also

  • Counties of Massachusetts

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