Guardians ad litem

Massachusetts Supplemental Rules of the Probate and Family Court

Rule: 5

Jurisdiction: MA

Bluebook Citation: Mass. Supp. R. Prob. & Fam. Ct. 5

In addition to making appointments of guardians ad litem in cases required by statute, whenever it shall appear that a minor, intellectually disabled person, a person under disability, an incapacitated person, a person to be protected or a person not ascertained or not in being is interested in any matter pending, a guardian ad litem for said person may be appointed by the court at its discretion. No Judge of the Probate and Family Court shall be appointed a guardian ad litem.

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