Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208 § 44
Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Whoever, except in compliance with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, gives, signs or issues any writing purporting to grant a divorce to persons who are husband and wife according to the laws of the commonwealth, or purporting to be a certificate that a divorce has been granted to such persons, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 44