Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Citation: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Parent Document: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2019-04-10
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7178223/adjartey-v-cent-div-of-the-hous... ↗

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Because summary process is designed "to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination" of eviction actions, Rule 1 of the Uniform Summary Process Rules (1980), it progresses rapidly through a series of complex steps and deadlines. This Appendix is meant as a guide for litigants seeking to navigate those steps and deadlines; it does not purport to be a comprehensive treatise. In formulating this guide, we reviewed the rules, statutes, and case law relevant to summary process evictions, as well as publicly available legal resources, including those listed in the opinion accompanying this Appendix, see ante at note 12. We are mindful, however, of the possibility that this guide may not always reflect the way that the described rules and statutes are applied by clerks and judges in every division of the Housing Court and in other trial courts with jurisdiction over eviction actions. There is, perhaps, no better demonstration of the complexity of a summary process eviction action than our own recognition that this Appendix may not fully capture day-to-day practices at the trial court level.

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