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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title III - Domestic Relations
Chapter 208 - Divorce
- Section 1 - Causes for Divorce; General Provisions
- Section 1a - Causes for Divorce; Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage; Commencement of Action; Complaint Accompanied by Statement and Dissolution Agreement; Procedure
- Section 1b - Causes for Divorce; Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage; Commencement of Action; Waiting Period; Unaccompanied Complaint; Procedure
- Section 2 - Causes for Divorce; Confinement for Crime
- Section 3 - Causes for Divorce; Absence; Presumption of Death
- Section 4 - Causes for Divorce; Domicile of Parties
- Section 5 - Causes for Divorce; Exceptions to Sec. 4
- Section 6 - Venue of Libel
- Section 6a - Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 88
- Section 6b - Filing of Action; Statistical Report
- Section 7 - Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 13
- Section 8 - Commencement of Actions
- Section 8a - Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 15
- Section 9 - Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 16
- Section 9a - Repealed, 1922, 542, Sec. 3
- Section 10 - Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 17
- Section 11 - Ex Parte Hearing; Allowance or Denial of Motion to Insert Name of Third Person
- Section 12 - Libels for Divorce; Spouse's Property; Attachment
- Section 13 - Libels for Divorce; Attachment; Manner
- Section 14 - Libels for Divorce; Attachments; Laws Applicable
- Section 15 - Libels for Divorce; Mentally Ill Defendant; Appointment and Compensation of Guardian
- Section 16 - Investigation of Divorce Case
- Section 17 - Pendency of Action; Allowance; Alimony
- Section 18 - Pendency of Action for Divorce; Protection of Personal Liberty of Spouse; Restraint Orders Authorized
- Section 19 - Pendency of Action for Divorce; Custody of Children
- Section 20 - Continuance of Action; Temporary Separation
- Section 20a - Judgment Denying Divorce; Living Apart for Justifiable Cause; Authorization
- Section 21 - Divorce Judgments; Entry
- Section 22 - Libels for Divorce; Desertion; Proof
- Section 23 - Resumption of Former Name by Woman
- Section 24 - Divorced Parties; Remarriage
- Section 24a - Certificate of Divorce; Contents
- Section 25 - Divorce for Adultery of Wife; Legitimacy of Issue
- Section 26 - Repealed, 1949, 76, Sec. 1
- Section 27 - Curtesy or Dower After Divorce
- Section 28 - Children; Care, Custody and Maintenance; Child Support Obligations; Provisions for Education and Health Insurance; Parents Convicted of First Degree Murder
- Section 28a - Temporary Care; Custody and Maintenance of Minor Children
- Section 29 - Minor Children; Foreign Divorces, Care and Custody
- Section 30 - Minor Children; Removal From Commonwealth; Prohibition
- Section 31 - Custody of Children; Shared Custody Plans
- Section 31a - Visitation and Custody Orders; Consideration of Abuse Toward Parent or Child; Best Interest of Child
- Section 32 - Child; Bringing Before Court; Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Section 33 - Jurisdiction; Procedure
- Section 34 - Alimony or Assignment of Estate; Determination of Amount; Health Insurance
- Section 34a - Alimony Judgment Ordering Conveyance; Effect
- Section 34b - Order to Vacate Marital Home
- Section 34c - Orders to Vacate Marital Home and Orders of Restraint; Notice to Law Enforcement Agencies; Procedures; Violations
- Section 34d - Request for Restraining Order or Order to Vacate Marital Home; Information Provided to Petitioner Upon Filing; Domestic Violence Record Search; Outstanding Warrants
- Section 35 - Alimony; Enforcement
- Section 36 - Security for Payment of Alimony or Support; Enforcement of Judgments or Orders
- Section 36a - Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Alimony, Support and Maintenance or Child Support; Order for Trustee Process
- Section 37 - Alimony; Revision of Judgment
- Section 38 - Costs
- Section 39 - Foreign Divorces; Validity
- Section 40 - Cohabitation After Divorce
- Section 41 - Personation
- Section 42 - Procurement of Unlawful Divorce
- Section 43 - Advertisement to Procure Divorce
- Section 44 - Certificate of Divorce; Unlawful Issuance
- Section 45 - Criminal Offenses; Notice to District Attorney
- Section 46 - Statistical Reports; Additional Information
- Section 47 - Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 23
- Section 48 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49 to 55
- Section 49 - Termination, Suspension or Modification of General Term Alimony
- Section 50 - Termination, Extension or Modification of Rehabilitative Alimony
- Section 51 - Termination of Reimbursement Alimony; Modification; Applicability of Income Guidelines
- Section 52 - Termination of Transitional Alimony; Modification or Extension
- Section 53 - Determination of Form, Amount and Duration of Alimony; Maximum Amount; Income Calculation; Deviations; Concurrent Child Support Orders
- Section 54 - Remarriage of Payor; Income From Second Job or Overtime Work
- Section 55 - Reasonable Security for Alimony in Event of Payor's Death; Orders to Maintain Life Insurance; Modification of Orders
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