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2022 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title III - Domestic Relations
Chapter 209 - Husband and Wife
- Section 1 - Married Persons; Separate Property and Property Held as Tenants by Entirety; 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- Section 10, 11 - Repealed, 1974, 147, Sec. 4
- Section 12 - Repealed, 1979, 306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 - Disability of Husband or Wife Provisions; Release of Homestead by Wife of Ward
- Section 15 - Disability of Husband or Wife Provisions; Wife of Ward; Joinder With Guardian or Conservator; Sale of Realty
- Section 16 - Disability of Husband or Wife Provisions; Disposition of Proceeds
- Section 17 - Disability of Husband or Wife Provisions; Partition; Joinder of Husband or Wife of Ward With Guardian or Conservator
- Section 18 - Mentally Ill Persons; Conveyance or Mortgage of Real Estate; Release of Homestead
- Section 19, 20 - Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 18
- Section 21 - Mentally Ill Spouse; Reservation of Portion of Proceeds Upon Release of Homestead
- Section 22, 23 - Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 18
- Section 24 - Disability of Husband or Wife Provisions; 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- Section 27 - Repealed, 1977, 581, Sec. 3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 - Rights of Married Person Coming From Another State or Country
- Section 29 - Property Rights Acquired in Other States; Effect of Residence in This Commonwealth
- Section 30 - Married Person Abandoned by Spouse; Sale or Conveyance; Notice to Opposing Absent Spouse; Jurisdiction of Court; Proof of Abandonment; Retransfer to Opposing Absent Party
- Section 31 - Non-Resident Married Woman Abandoned by Husband; Conveyance of Realty
- Section 32 - Married Person Abandoned by Spouse; Order Prohibiting Restraint of Personal Liberty of Spouse; Support, Custody and Maintenance Orders; Information Provided to Complainant; Domestic Violence Record Search; Investigations; Factors Determining Support Amount
- Section 32a To 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 and Trustee Process
- Section 34 - Married Person Abandoned by Spouse; Venue
- Section 35 - Repealed, 1987, 522, Sec. 15
- Section 36 - Married Person Abandoned by Spouse; Spouse Living Apart; Conveyance and Will
- Section 37 - Support Orders for Children of Separated Parents; Child Support Guidelines; Modification of Orders; Provisions for Education and Health Insurance; Parents Convicted of First Degree Murder
- Section 38 - Visitation and Custody Orders; Consideration of Abuse Toward Parent or Child; Best Interest of Child
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