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PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
TITLE III DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 209A Abuse Prevention
GO TO MASSACHUSETTS CODE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY
ALM GL ch. 209A, § 10 (2012)
§ 10. Assessment Upon Assignment to Batterers' Treatment Program.
The court shall impose an assessment of three hundred and fifty dollars against any person who has been referred to a
certified batterers' treatment program as a condition of probation. Said assessment shall be in addition to the cost of the
treatment program. In the discretion of the court, said assessment may be reduced or waived when the court finds that
the person is indigent or that payment of the assessment would cause the person, or the dependents of such person,
severe financial hardship. Assessments made pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other fines, assessments,
or restitution imposed in any disposition. All funds collected by the court pursuant to this section shall be transmitted
monthly to the state treasurer, who shall deposit said funds in the General Fund.
HISTORY: 1993, 110, § 217; 1993, 151, § 49; 1996, 151, § 466.
NOTES: Editorial Note
The 1993 amendment at the end of the final sentence, substituted "General Fund" for "Domestic Violence Victims'
Assistance Fund."
The 1996 amendment substituted "three hundred and fifty" dollars for "three hundred" dollars.
Treatise References
Brisk, Hoag, MacLaughin-Barck, Massachusetts Elder Law (Michie) §§ 1.7, 2.4.
CR Model Jur Instructions for use in the Dis Cts - Mass. Instruction 2.520, Imposing Sentence.
Law Reviews
Buel, Violence Against Women: Effective Assistance of Counsel for Battered Women Defendants: A Normative