{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 2","heading":"Causes for divorce; confinement for crime","body":"Section 2. A divorce may also be adjudged if either party has been sentenced to confinement for life or for five years or more in a federal penal institution or in a penal or reformatory institution in this or any other state; and, after a divorce for such cause, no pardon granted to the party so sentenced shall restore such party to his or her conjugal rights.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 208"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter208/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:37Z","sha256":"9b73f75685b8b6a3f07dc999d455feca6b28808a97ed62b57f725aad43640011","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-1b","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}