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GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Part I - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENTTitle XVII - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 120 - DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES AND MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS
Section 120:19 - Control continued upon court confirmation of department order; power to transfer custody of persons eighteen or older

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120 § 19

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Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 120:19 - Control continued upon court confirmation of department order; power to transfer custody of persons eighteen or older

When an order of the department is confirmed as provided in section eighteen, the control of the department over the person shall continue, subject to the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, unless the person is previously discharged in accordance with section six (e), the department shall discharge the person upon his twenty-first birthday. The department shall have the power, in order to protect children and adolescents, to transfer the custody of any person eighteen years of age or older to the department of correction for placement in an appropriate institution.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, § 19