{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-2-211","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 2-211","heading":"Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order","body":"Section 2–211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.\n(a) A tribunal of the commonwealth issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.\n(b) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.\n(c) A tribunal of the commonwealth that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:\n(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in the commonwealth; or\n(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.\n{HG4}ARTICLE 3. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209D/Section2-211","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:39Z","sha256":"6d31b4823d09170282a2be4b4268e89c6c92c1a0801f20580bd934158e9fb5cd","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-2-210","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-3-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}