In re Moe

On June 12, 2006, the following question was reported, see Mass.R.Civ.P. 64(a), as amended, 423 Mass. 1403 (1996), to our court by a judge of the Superior Court:

“Does a Massachusetts Court have jurisdiction and authority pursuant to G. L. c. 112, § 12S, to grant a nonresident minor’s petition seeking permission to have an abortion performed in Massachusetts without parental consent?”1

We conclude that a plain reading of the statute in question does not impose a residency requirement.2 As such, we answer the question in the affirmative.

*652We find Hodas v. Morin, 442 Mass. 544 (2004), instructive…