Session Laws

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. The second paragraph of section 14 of chapter 207 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 16, the words "clerk or".

SECTION 2. Section 6 of chapter 208 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "superior court or".

SECTION 3. Section 6B of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words "superior court or".

SECTION 4. Section 11 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "the clerk of the court or".

SECTION 5. Said section 11 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 8, the words "clerk or".

SECTION 6. Section 16 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "justice of the superior court or".

SECTION 7. Section 18 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "superior court sitting in any county or the".

SECTION 8. Section 29 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "superior court or".

SECTION 9. Section 30 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "the superior court or".

SECTION 10. Section 34C of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "the superior court department or".

SECTION 11. Said section 34C of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 6, the words "or clerk-magistrate".

SECTION 12. Section 46 of said chapter 208, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words "clerks of the courts, the clerks of the superior court for civil business in Suffolk county and the".

SECTION 13. Section 37 of chapter 209 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 7 and 8, the words ", as the superior court has relative to children whose parents are divorced".

SECTION 14. Section 3 of chapter 215 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 8 and 9, the words ", of actions for divorce or for affirming or annulling marriage brought in the probate court".

SECTION 15. Said section 3 of said chapter 215, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Probate courts have exclusive original jurisdiction of actions for divorce or for affirming or annulling marriage.