Massachusetts Chapter 209 — Husband and Wife
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 1— Married persons; separate property and property held as tenants by entirety; liability for debts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 1A— Tenants by entirety under older deed; electing treatment of tenancy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 2— Married woman; power to contract
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 3— Transfers between husband and wife
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 4— Married woman; work and labor; presumption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 5— Married woman; acting as fiduciary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 6— Married woman; power to sue and be sued
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 7— Married woman; liabilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 8— Husband; liability for wife's debts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 9— Husband; liability on contracts concerning separate property of wife
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 12— Repealed, 1979, 306
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 13— Marriage settlements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 14— Disability of husband or wife provisions; release of homestead by wife of ward
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 15— Disability of husband or wife provisions; wife of ward; joinder with guardian or conservator; sale of realty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 16— Disability of husband or wife provisions; disposition of proceeds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 17— Disability of husband or wife provisions; partition; joinder of husband or wife of ward with guardian or conservator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 18— Mentally ill persons; conveyance or mortgage of real estate; release of homestead
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 21— Mentally ill spouse; reservation of portion of proceeds upon release of homestead
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 24— Disability of husband or wife provisions; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 25— Antenuptial settlements; force and effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 26— Antenuptial settlements; record; description of property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 27— Repealed, 1977, 581, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 28— Rights of married person coming from another state or country
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 29— Property rights acquired in other states; effect of residence in this commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 31— Non-resident married woman abandoned by husband; conveyance of realty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 32— Married person abandoned by spouse; order prohibiting restraint of personal liberty of spouse; support, custody and maintenance orders; information provided to complainant; domestic violence record search; investigations; factors determining support amount
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 32D— Judgment for separate support; conveyance of real property; enforcement; vesting of title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 32E— Judgment or order of support; enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 32F— Married persons living apart; actions for support
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 33— Separate support or maintenance; attachment of defendant's property and trustee process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 34— Married person abandoned by spouse; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 35— Repealed, 1987, 522, Sec. 15
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 36— Married person abandoned by spouse; spouse living apart; conveyance and will
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 38— Visitation and custody orders; consideration of abuse toward parent or child; best interest of child