MASSACHUSETTS ACT PROHIBITING UNILATERAL NO-FAULT DIVORCE

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MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE BILL 1168

VERSION: Introduced January 1, 1997

AN ACT PROHIBITING UNILATERAL NO FAULT DIVORCE FOR IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN.

TEXT: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 208 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words "section one A and B", in lines 8 and 9, and inserting in place thereof the following: section one A.

SECTION 2. Section 1A of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words "or their attorneys"', in line 3.

SECTION 3. Said chapter 208 is hereby further amended by striking out section one B.

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