{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-40","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 40","heading":"Cohabitation after divorce","body":"Section 40. Persons divorced from each other cohabiting as husband and wife or living together in the same house shall be held to be guilty of adultery.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 208"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter208/Section40","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:38Z","sha256":"2efcc0fc35bb03aa88be957f7eb5f39ddd2cecb5964d1cb744199fd661888854","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-39","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-208-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}