General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
TITLE III. DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
CHAPTER 209. HUSBAND AND WIFE |
SECTION 1. Married persons; separate property and property held as tenants by entirety; liability for debts |
SECTION 1A. Tenants by entirety under older deed; electing treatment of tenancy |
SECTION 2. Married woman; power to contract |
SECTION 3. Transfers between husband and wife |
SECTION 4. Married woman; work and labor; presumption |
SECTION 5. Married woman; acting as fiduciary |
SECTION 6. Married woman; power to sue and be sued |
SECTION 7. Married woman; liabilities |
SECTION 8. Husband; liability for wife's debts |
SECTION 9. Husband; liability on contracts concerning separate property of wife |
SECTION 10, 11. Repealed, 1974, 147, Sec. 4 |
SECTION 12. Repealed, 1979, 306 |
SECTION 13. Marriage settlements |
SECTION 14. Disability of husband or wife provisions; release of homestead by wife of ward |
SECTION 15. Disability of husband or wife provisions; wife of ward; joinder with guardian or conservator; sale of realty |
SECTION 16. Disability of husband or wife provisions; disposition of proceeds |
SECTION 17. Disability of husband or wife provisions; partition; joinder of husband or wife of ward with guardian or conservator |
SECTION 18. Mentally ill persons; conveyance or mortgage of real estate; release of homestead |
SECTION 19, 20. Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 18 |
SECTION 21. Mentally ill spouse; reservation of portion of proceeds upon release of homestead |
SECTION 22, 23. Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 18 |
SECTION 24. Disability of husband or wife provisions; venue |
SECTION 25. Antenuptial settlements; force and effect |
SECTION 26. Antenuptial settlements; record; description of property |
SECTION 27. Repealed, 1977, 581, Sec. 3 |
SECTION 28. Rights of married person coming from another state or country |
SECTION 29. Property rights acquired in other states; effect of residence in this commonwealth |
SECTION 30. Married person abandoned by spouse; sale or conveyance; notice to opposing absent spouse; jurisdiction of court; proof of abandonment; retransfer to opposing absent party |
SECTION 31. Non-resident married woman abandoned by husband; conveyance of realty |
SECTION 32A to 32C. Repealed, 1975, 400, Sec. 45 |
SECTION 32D. Judgment for separate support; conveyance of real property; enforcement; vesting of title |
SECTION 32E. Judgment or order of support; enforcement |
SECTION 32F. Married persons living apart; actions for support |
SECTION 33. Separate support or maintenance; attachment of defendant's property and trustee process |
SECTION 34. Married person abandoned by spouse; venue |
SECTION 35. Repealed, 1987, 522, Sec. 15 |
SECTION 36. Married person abandoned by spouse; spouse living apart; conveyance and will |
SECTION 37. Support orders for children of separated parents; child support guidelines; modification of orders; provisions for education and health insurance; parents convicted of first degree murder |
SECTION 38. Visitation and custody orders; consideration of abuse toward parent or child; best interest of child |