Do you wait 90 days to remarried in mass?

Answer 1

If entered on or after 3/4/85, the divorce law provides for the granting of a decree nisi which does not become absolute so as to terminate the marriage until after the expiration of 90 days from the entry date unless the court otherwise orders. Decrees nisi entered prior to 3/4/85, did not become absolute so as to terminate the marriage until 6 months from entry unless the court otherwise ordered. During the period between the granting of the decree nisi and the date the decree becomes absolute the parties must remain married. A remarriage entered into during this period is therefore void in all States whether contracted within or outside Massachusetts.

However, by statute, Massachusetts provides that if the remarriage was ceremonial and entered into by one of the parties in good faith and without knowledge of such impediment and the parties continued to cohabit thereafter in Massachusetts as husband and wife after removal of the impediment, the marriage will be recognized as valid beginning at the point in time the impediment is removed.