Disclaimer:  This is a series of blogs related to the
impact of COVID-19 on the court system; in particular, the Massachusetts
Probate and Family Court.  This
information may be outdated and it is important to look at the court’s
website.  Also, different courts have
different particularities.  I have gotten
this from both speaking to other lawyers’ and the staff at the Probate and
Family Court along with Zoom conferences and other articles along with reading
the standing orders.

Certain
cases can be e-filed under the Massachusetts court system; including 1B Divorces.  The courts, at least for the time being, will
allow email filing. There have been some exceptions based on standing orders
not only about filings but about pleadings in terms of allowing e-signatures
and other types of signatures in certain circumstances where the courts
typically would not have allowed either an electronic signatures or scanned
signatures but are allowing it now.