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Massachusetts Court Rules › Massachusetts Trial Court Rules › uniform-rules-for-permanency-hearings › Mass. Trial Ct. Rule 7

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(a) Right to counsel

All parties have the right to be represented by counsel at the permanency hearing.

(b) Attendance of counsel

All counsel of record shall attend the permanency hearing. Failure of counsel to attend, without good cause, shall not require that the hearing be postponed unless the interests of justice so require.

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