Trial Practice Tools and Resources
Administrative Forms and Resources
Appellate Packet for Trial Attorneys
- Notice of Appeal
- Motion for Appointment of Appellate Counsel
- Motion for Fees and Costs of Appeal
- Appellate Assignment Intake Form – 9-2018
Children Requiring Assistance (CRA)
- Summary of CRA Law
- Juvenile Court Forms
- Chapter 119, section 21 – Definition of Child Requiring Assistance
- Chapter 119, sections 39E-L – CRA Law
- Kids and the Law: A User’s Guide to the Juvenile Court/
Los Menores y la Ley: Una Guia de Referencia del Sistema Juridico, 4th edition - Flow Chart for CRA Cases
- Informational Guide for Youth
Courts/Court Rules/Rules of Procedure
DCF Policies and Procedures
A Guide to the New DCF Foster Care Review Policy and Regulations
Court Forms
Court Investigators
Education
ICWA
- Office of Indian Services
- Practice Advisory January 2017: Child Welfare Proceedings Under the Indian Child Welfare Act: New Regulations in Effect
- New Guidelines for State Courts and Agencies– Issued December 2016
Interlocutory Review (under c. 231, s. 118)
Mentor Program
Practice Tools
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- Child Welfare Terms – English to Spanish
- DCF File Checklist
- Foundations Card
- Massachusetts Guide to Evidence
- Memorandum of Understanding DCF and DHCD
- Objections Card
- Procedures Governing Intra-Departmental Transfers and Assignments
- Trial Court Rule XII – Interdepartmental Judicial Assignments
- Trial Notebook Checklist
- Trial Preparation Checklist
- Trial Skills Checklists
- Trial Timeline Quick Guide
- Witness Preparation Checklist
Resource Attorneys (replacing Regional Coordinator Program)
Rogers/Medical Treatment Decisions for Children
Youth/Young Adult Clients
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