COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ________________,SS: HOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT _______________ DIVISION / / / - / / / / / / CIVIL ACTION
_________________________ PLAINTIFF(S) VS. ________________________ DEFENDANT(S)
CIVIL CONTEMPT SUMMONS
To the above named plaintiff: Pursuant to Mass.R.Civ. P. 65.3 and the Order of Judge ___________ you are hereby summoned to appear before the _________________ Court, for ____________________ County, Courtroom # __________, ,
Massachusetts on _______________________ at _______________ for the purpose of: 1. 2. 3. 4. Holding a trial on the merits of the Contempt Complaint; Scheduling a trial of the Contempt Complaint; To consider whether the filing of an answer to the Contempt Complaint is necessary; To consider the following matters: __________________________
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If you fail to appear, judgment of the Contempt by default may enter against you, and the Court may ORDER that a capias issue for your arrest in order to bring you before the Court.
(SEAL)
___________________________ (Clerk's Name) CLERK MAGISTRATE
Date: ___________________ _______________________________________________________________________ RETURN OF SERVICE
On __________________________, I served a copy of the within summons together with a copy of the Contempt Complaint in this action, and any accompanying affidavits, upon the within named plaintiff/defendant, by delivering said documents to the plaintiff/defendant in hand. ("In hand" service is normally required: see Mass.R.Civ. P. 65.3(e).
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