There is a newer version of the Massachusetts General Laws
2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 209. — HUSBAND AND WIFE.
- Section 1. Married persons; separate property and property held as tenants byentirety; liability for debts.
- Section 1A. Tenants by entirety under older deed; electing treatment of tenancy.
- Section 2. Married woman; power to contract.
- Section 3. Transfers between husband and wife.
- Section 4. Married woman; work and labor; presumption.
- Section 5. Married woman; acting as fiduciary.
- Section 6. Married woman; power to sue and be sued.
- Section 7. Married woman; liabilities.
- Section 8. Husband; liability for wife's debts.
- Section 9. Husband; liability on contracts concerning separate property of wife.
- Section 10 — 11. Repealed, 1974, 147, Sec. 4.
- Section 12. Repealed — 1979, 306.
- Section 13. Marriage settlements.
- Section 14. Release of homestead by wife of ward.
- Section 15. Wife of ward; joinder with guardian or conservator; sale of realty.
- Section 16. Disposition of proceeds.
- Section 17. Partition; joinder of husband or wife of ward with guardian orconservator.
- Section 18. Mentally ill persons; conveyance or mortgage of real estate; release ofhomestead.
- Section 19 — 20. Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 18.
- Section 21. Mentally ill spouse; reservation of portion of proceeds upon release ofhomestead.
- Section 22 — 23. Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 18.
- Section 24. Venue.
- Section 25. Antenuptial settlements; force and effect.
- Section 26. Antenuptial settlements; record; description of property.
- Section 27. Repealed — 1977, 581, Sec. 3.
- Section 28. Married persons coming from other states; powers.
- Section 29. Property rights acquired in other states; effect of residence in thiscommonwealth.
- Section 30. Abandoned spouses; sale or conveyance of property; notice toopposing absent spouse; jurisdiction ofcourt; proof of abandonment; retransfer to opposing absent party.
- Section 31. Non-resident married woman; conveyance of realty.
- Section 32. Order prohibiting restraint of personal libertyof spouse; support,custody and maintenance orders; information provided to complainant; domestic violence record search; investigations; factors determiningsupport amount.
- Section 32A--32C. Repealed — 1975, 400, Sec. 45.
- Section 32D. Judgment for separate support; conveyance of real property; enforcement;vesting of title.
- Section 32E. Judgment or order of support; enforcement.
- Section 32F. Married persons living apart; actions for support.
- Section 33. Separate support or maintenance; attachment of defendant's property andtrustee process.
- Section 34. Venue.
- Section 35. Repealed — 1987, 522, Sec. 15.
- Section 36. Spouse living apart; conveyance and will.
- Section 37. Support orders for children of separated parents; child supportguidelines; modification of orders;provisions for education and health insurance; parents convicted of firstdegree murder.
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