GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 208. DIVORCE.

Chapter 208, Section 1. Divorce; general provisions.

Chapter 208, Section 1A. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; complaint accompanied by statement and dissolution agreement; procedure.

Chapter 208, Section 1B. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage; commencement of action; waiting period; unaccompanied complaint; procedure.

Chapter 208, Section 2. Confinement for crime.

Chapter 208, Section 3. Absence; presumption of death.

Chapter 208, Section 4. Domicile of parties.

Chapter 208, Section 5. Exceptions.

Chapter 208, Section 6. Libel for divorce; venue.

Chapter 208, Section 6A. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 88.

Chapter 208, Section 6B. Filing of action; statistical report.

Chapter 208, Section 7. Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 13.

Chapter 208, Section 8. Commencement of actions.

Chapter 208, Section 8A. Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 15.

Chapter 208, Section 9. Repealed, 1975, 400, Secs. 16, 17.

Chapter 208, Section 9A. Repealed, 1922, 542, Sec. 3.

Chapter 208, Section 10. Repealed, 1975, 400, Secs. 16, 17.

Chapter 208, Section 11. Ex parte hearing; allowance or denial of motion to insert name of third person.

Chapter 208, Section 12. Spouse's property; attachment.

Chapter 208, Section 13. Attachment; manner.

Chapter 208, Section 14. Attachments; laws applicable.

Chapter 208, Section 15. Mentally ill defendant; appointment and compensation of guardian.

Chapter 208, Section 16. Investigation of divorce case.

Chapter 208, Section 17. Pendency of action; allowance; alimony.

Chapter 208, Section 18. Pendency of action for divorce; protection of personal liberty of spouse; restraint orders authorized.

Chapter 208, Section 19. Pendency of action for divorce; custody of children.

Chapter 208, Section 20. Continuance of action; temporary separation.

Chapter 208, Section 20A. Judgment denying divorce; living apart for justifiable cause; authorization.

Chapter 208, Section 21. Divorce judgments; entry.

Chapter 208, Section 22. Desertion; proof.

Chapter 208, Section 23. Resumption of former name by woman.

Chapter 208, Section 24. Divorced parties; remarriage.

Chapter 208, Section 24A. Certificate of divorce; contents.

Chapter 208, Section 25. Divorce for adultery of wife; legitimacy of issue.

Chapter 208, Section 26. Repealed, 1949, 76, Sec. 1.

Chapter 208, Section 27. Curtesy or dower after divorce.

Chapter 208, Section 28. Children; care, custody and maintenance; child support obligations; provisions for education and health insurance; parents convicted of first degree murder.

Chapter 208, Section 28A. Temporary care, custody and maintenance of minor children.

Chapter 208, Section 29. Minor children; foreign divorces, care and custody.

Chapter 208, Section 30. Minor children; removal from commonwealth; prohibition.

Chapter 208, Section 31. Custody of children; shared custody plans.

Chapter 208, Section 32. Child; bringing before court; writ of habeas corpus.

Chapter 208, Section 33. Jurisdiction; procedure.

Chapter 208, Section 34. Alimony; assignment of estate; rights and funds accrued during marriage; determination of amount of alimony or value of property; health insurance.

Chapter 208, Section 34A. Alimony judgment ordering conveyance; effect.

Chapter 208, Section 34B. Order to vacate marital home.

Chapter 208, Section 34C. Orders to vacate marital home and orders of restraint; notice to law enforcement agencies; procedures; violations.

Chapter 208, Section 34D. Request for restraining order or order to vacate marital home; information provided to petitioner upon filing; domestic violence record search; outstanding warrants.

Chapter 208, Section 35. Alimony; enforcement.

Chapter 208, Section 36. Security for payment of alimony or support; enforcement of judgments or orders.

Chapter 208, Section 36A. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce alimony, support and maintenance or child support; order for trustee process.

Chapter 208, Section 37. Alimony; revision of judgment.

Chapter 208, Section 38. Costs.

Chapter 208, Section 39. Foreign divorces; validity.

Chapter 208, Section 40. Cohabitation after divorce.

Chapter 208, Section 41. Personation.

Chapter 208, Section 42. Procurement of unlawful divorce.

Chapter 208, Section 43. Advertisement to procure divorce.

Chapter 208, Section 44. Certificate of divorce; unlawful issuance.

Chapter 208, Section 45. Criminal offenses; notice to district attorney.

Chapter 208, Section 46. Statistical reports; additional information.

Chapter 208, Section 47. Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 23.

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