STATE STATUTES & CODES

MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 208 DIVORCE

• Section 1 General provisions
• Section 1A Irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; complaint accompanied by statement and dissolution agreement; procedure
• Section 1B Irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; waiting period; unaccompanied complaint; procedure
• Section 2 Confinement for crime
• Section 3 Absence; presumption of death
• Section 4 Domicile of parties
• Section 5 Exceptions
• Section 6 Venue
• Section 6A Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 88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• Section 7 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 13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• Section 8A Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 15
• Section 9 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 16
• Section 9A Repealed, 1922, 542, Sec. 3
• Section 10 Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 17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 Spouse’s property; attachment
• Section 13 Attachment; manner
• Section 14 Attachments; laws applicable
• Section 15 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 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• Section 26 Repealed, 1949, 76, Sec. 1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

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