Section 2. There shall be 82 justices appointed to the superior court department, 15 justices appointed to the housing court department, 7 justices appointed to the land court department, 51 justices appointed to the probate and family court department, 30 justices appointed to the Boston municipal court department, 42 justices appointed to the juvenile court department and 158 justices and special justices appointed to the district court department. Except in the case of circuit justices, said appointments, in the case of the housing court department, the probate and family court department, the juvenile court department, and the district court department, shall be made to a particular division within the department and a justice so appointed shall be considered a justice of the department for that division.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 211b - Trial Court of the Commonwealth
Section 2 - Number of Trial Court Justices; Appointments
Section 3 - Justices Assigned to Other Departments; Powers and Duties
Section 4 - Salaries; Practice of Law; Expenses; Vacation and Sick Leave; Special Justices
Section 5 - Chief Justices; Appointment; Term; Removal
Section 6 - Chief Justice of the Trial Court; Appointment; Term; Removal
Section 6b - Office of Court Management; Court Administrator
Section 7 - Vacancies in Office
Section 8 - Advisory Committee on Personnel Standards
Section 9 - Chief Justice of the Trial Court; Powers and Duties
Section 9a - Employees of Chief Justice for Administration and Management; Powers and Duties
Section 9b - Domestic and Sexual Violence Training for Court Personnel
Section 10 - Chief Justice and Deputy Court Administrators; Powers and Duties
Section 10a - First Justices; Powers and Duties
Section 10b - Appointment of Assistant Clerks
Section 10c - Limitation of Powers, Duties or Responsibilities of Clerks or Registers of Probate
Section 12 - Office of Court Management; Court Administrator
Section 13 - Estimates of Expenses, Costs and Revenue
Section 14 - Services of Retired Justices
Section 16 - Judicial Institute; Training Judicial and Nonjudicial Personnel
Section 19 - Mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Section 20 - Leave of Absence; Restrictions
Section 21 - Publication of Notice in Newspaper; Notice Requirements Deemed Met
Section 22 - Delivery of Criminal Case Disposition Information to Department of State Police