Section 2. A divorce may also be adjudged if either party has been sentenced to confinement for life or for five years or more in a federal penal institution or in a penal or reformatory institution in this or any other state; and, after a divorce for such cause, no pardon granted to the party so sentenced shall restore such party to his or her conjugal rights.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title III - Domestic Relations
Section 1 - Causes for Divorce; General Provisions
Section 2 - Causes for Divorce; Confinement for Crime
Section 3 - Causes for Divorce; Absence; Presumption of Death
Section 4 - Causes for Divorce; Domicile of Parties
Section 5 - Causes for Divorce; Exceptions to Sec. 4
Section 6b - Filing of Action; Statistical Report
Section 8 - Commencement of Actions
Section 11 - Ex Parte Hearing; Allowance or Denial of Motion to Insert Name of Third Person
Section 12 - Libels for Divorce; Spouse's Property; Attachment
Section 13 - Libels for Divorce; Attachment; Manner
Section 14 - Libels for Divorce; Attachments; Laws Applicable
Section 15 - Libels for Divorce; Mentally Ill Defendant; Appointment and Compensation of Guardian
Section 16 - Investigation of Divorce Case
Section 17 - Pendency of Action; Allowance; Alimony
Section 19 - Pendency of Action for Divorce; Custody of Children
Section 20 - Continuance of Action; Temporary Separation
Section 20a - Judgment Denying Divorce; Living Apart for Justifiable Cause; Authorization
Section 21 - Divorce Judgments; Entry
Section 22 - Libels for Divorce; Desertion; Proof
Section 23 - Resumption of Former Name by Woman
Section 24 - Divorced Parties; Remarriage
Section 24a - Certificate of Divorce; Contents
Section 25 - Divorce for Adultery of Wife; Legitimacy of Issue
Section 27 - Curtesy or Dower After Divorce
Section 28a - Temporary Care; Custody and Maintenance of Minor Children
Section 29 - Minor Children; Foreign Divorces, Care and Custody
Section 30 - Minor Children; Removal From Commonwealth; Prohibition
Section 31 - Custody of Children; Shared Custody Plans
Section 32 - Child; Bringing Before Court; Writ of Habeas Corpus
Section 33 - Jurisdiction; Procedure
Section 34 - Alimony or Assignment of Estate; Determination of Amount; Health Insurance
Section 34a - Alimony Judgment Ordering Conveyance; Effect
Section 34b - Order to Vacate Marital Home
Section 35 - Alimony; Enforcement
Section 36 - Security for Payment of Alimony or Support; Enforcement of Judgments or Orders
Section 37 - Alimony; Revision of Judgment
Section 39 - Foreign Divorces; Validity
Section 40 - Cohabitation After Divorce
Section 42 - Procurement of Unlawful Divorce
Section 43 - Advertisement to Procure Divorce
Section 44 - Certificate of Divorce; Unlawful Issuance
Section 45 - Criminal Offenses; Notice to District Attorney
Section 46 - Statistical Reports; Additional Information
Section 48 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49 to 55
Section 49 - Termination, Suspension or Modification of General Term Alimony
Section 50 - Termination, Extension or Modification of Rehabilitative Alimony
Section 51 - Termination of Reimbursement Alimony; Modification; Applicability of Income Guidelines
Section 52 - Termination of Transitional Alimony; Modification or Extension
Section 54 - Remarriage of Payor; Income From Second Job or Overtime Work