HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1281        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3532

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Divorce..

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

Section 31 of  chapter 208 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: -

In divorce, separation, or 209A proceedings involving children and a marital home, the party remaining in the home shall not conduct a dating or sexual relationship within the home until a divorce is final and all financial and custody issues are resolved, unless the express permission is granted by the courts.