{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-220-13","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 13","heading":"Exclusion of minors as spectators from court room","body":"Section 13. Any court may exclude minors as spectators from the court room during the trial of any cause, civil or criminal, if their presence is not necessary as witnesses or parties.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 220"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter220/Section13","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:46Z","sha256":"7f35d334c48a93825fe200c798946f8fb3af0a01adf44099a6c90f158a604098","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-220-12","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-220-13a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}