{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-39","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 39","heading":"Foreign divorces; validity","body":"Section 39. A divorce adjudged in another jurisdiction according to the laws thereof by a court having jurisdiction of the cause and of both the parties shall be valid and effectual in this commonwealth; but if an inhabitant of this commonwealth goes into another jurisdiction to obtain a divorce for a cause occurring here while the parties resided here, or for a cause which would not authorize a divorce by the laws of this commonwealth, a divorce so obtained shall be of no force or effect in this commonwealth.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 208"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter208/Section39","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:38Z","sha256":"89b7995b4302143fa0df3790b278613731f4389b382de9ab4448a43d295b6071","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-38","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}