{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 24","heading":"Disability of husband or wife provisions; venue","body":"Section 24. Proceedings under sections eighteen and twenty-one, if the spouse of such a person who is incapacitated by reason of mental illness is an inhabitant of the commonwealth, shall be in the county where said spouse resides, otherwise in a county where any of said spouse's real estate is situated, and a certified copy of all final orders or decrees in such proceedings shall be recorded in the registry of deeds in every county or district where such real estate lies.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:38Z","sha256":"257f72fb32047d99a0ff90dbbc85ed60b48125f42a6dd79fd7772485ed578762","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209-22-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}