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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 42 · Irregular solemnization of marriage; validity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 43 · Solemnization of marriage by consul
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 44 · Solemnization of marriage; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 45 · Evidence of marriage; record
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 46 · Evidence of marriage; certificate of consul
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 47 · Evidence of marriage; admissions; repute; cohabitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 47A · Breach of contract to marry not actionable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 47B · Alienation of affection and criminal conversation not actionable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 48 · Solemnization of marriage without authority; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 49 · Joining persons in marriage without certificate; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 50 · Repealed, 2008, 216, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 51 · Violation of certain provisions of this chapter; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 52 · Violation of law concerning making notice of intention; false statements; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 53 · Certificate of intention of marriage; issuance to nonage persons; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 54 · Certificate of intention of marriage; illegal alteration; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 55 · Repealed, 1946, 273, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 56 · Records and returns of marriages; failure to make; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 57 · Certificate of intention of marriage; failure to return; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 58 · Advertising to perform marriage ceremony; penalty for illegal advertising; business cards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 1 · Causes for divorce; general provisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 1A · Causes for divorce; irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; complaint accompanied by statement and dissolution agreement; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 1B · Causes for divorce; irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; waiting period; unaccompanied complaint; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 2 · Causes for divorce; confinement for crime
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 3 · Causes for divorce; absence; presumption of death
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 4 · Causes for divorce; domicile of parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 5 · Causes for divorce; exceptions to Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 6 · Venue of libel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 6A · Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 88
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 6B · Filing of action; statistical report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 7 · Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 13
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 8 · Commencement of actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 8A · Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 15
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 9 · Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 16
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 9A · Repealed, 1922, 542, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 10 · Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 17
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 11 · Ex parte hearing; allowance or denial of motion to insert name of third person
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 12 · Libels for divorce; spouse's property; attachment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 13 · Libels for divorce; attachment; manner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 14 · Libels for divorce; attachments; laws applicable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 15 · Libels for divorce; mentally ill defendant; appointment and compensation of guardian
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 16 · Investigation of divorce case
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 17 · Pendency of action; allowance; alimony
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 18 · Pendency of action for divorce; protection of personal liberty of spouse; restraint orders authorized
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 19 · Pendency of action for divorce; custody of children
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 20 · Continuance of action; temporary separation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 20A · Judgment denying divorce; living apart for justifiable cause; authorization
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 21 · Divorce judgments; entry
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 22 · Libels for divorce; desertion; proof
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 23 · Resumption of former name by woman
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 24 · Divorced parties; remarriage
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 24A · Certificate of divorce; contents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 25 · Divorce for adultery of wife; legitimacy of issue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 26 · Repealed, 1949, 76, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 27 · Curtesy or dower after divorce
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 28 · Children; care, custody and maintenance; child support obligations; provisions for education and health insurance; parents convicted of first degree murder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 28A · Temporary care; custody and maintenance of minor children
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 29 · Minor children; foreign divorces, care and custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 30 · Minor children; removal from commonwealth; prohibition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 31 · Custody of children; shared custody plans
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 31A · Visitation and custody orders; consideration of abuse toward parent or child; best interest of child
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 32 · Child; bringing before court; writ of habeas corpus
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 33 · Jurisdiction; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 34 · Alimony or assignment of estate; determination of amount; health insurance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 34A · Alimony judgment ordering conveyance; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 34B · Order to vacate marital home
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 34C · Orders to vacate marital home and orders of restraint; notice to law enforcement agencies; procedures; violations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 34D · Request for restraining order or order to vacate marital home; information provided to petitioner upon filing; domestic violence record search; outstanding warrants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 35 · Alimony; enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 36 · Security for payment of alimony or support; enforcement of judgments or orders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 36A · Continuing jurisdiction to enforce alimony, support and maintenance or child support; order for trustee process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 37 · Alimony; revision of judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 38 · Costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 39 · Foreign divorces; validity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 40 · Cohabitation after divorce
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 41 · Personation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 42 · Procurement of unlawful divorce
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 43 · Advertisement to procure divorce
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 44 · Certificate of divorce; unlawful issuance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 45 · Criminal offenses; notice to district attorney
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 46 · Statistical reports; additional information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 47 · Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 23
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 48 · Definitions applicable to Secs. 49 to 55
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 49 · Termination, suspension or modification of general term alimony
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 50 · Termination, extension or modification of rehabilitative alimony
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 51 · Termination of reimbursement alimony; modification; applicability of income guidelines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 52 · Termination of transitional alimony; modification or extension
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 53 · Determination of form, amount and duration of alimony; maximum amount; income calculation; deviations; concurrent child support orders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 54 · Remarriage of payor; income from second job or overtime work
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 55 · Reasonable security for alimony in event of payor's death; orders to maintain life insurance; modification of orders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 56 · Gender-affirming health care services of children; law of jurisdiction outside of commonwealth; custody, parenting time and visitation; abuse, neglect or maltreatment; consideration of the likely disruption or cessation of gender-affirming health care services in the alteration of custody, parenting time or visitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 1 · Married persons; separate property and property held as tenants by entirety; liability for debts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 1A · Tenants by entirety under older deed; electing treatment of tenancy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 2 · Married woman; power to contract
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 3 · Transfers between husband and wife
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 4 · Married woman; work and labor; presumption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 5 · Married woman; acting as fiduciary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 6 · Married woman; power to sue and be sued
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 7 · Married woman; liabilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 8 · Husband; liability for wife's debts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 9 · Husband; liability on contracts concerning separate property of wife