What are the statute of limitations for divorce in Massachusetts?

Answer 1

It depends on the county and whether there are contested issues but I have recently heard an uncontested divorce in Western Massachusetts takes at least 18 months. You can call or visit the court in your county for a more accurate estimate.

Answer 2

After 90 days:

Chapter 208:

Section 21. Judgments of divorce shall in the first instance be judgments nisi, and shall become absolute after the expiration of ninety days from the entry thereof, unless the court within said period, for sufficient cause, upon application of any party to the action, otherwise orders. After the entry of a judgment nisi, the action shall not be dismissed or discontinued on motion of either party except upon such terms, if any, as the court may order after notice to the other party and a hearing, unless there has been filed with the court a memorandum signed by both parties, wherein they agree to such disposition of the action.

Section 24. After a judgment of divorce has become absolute, either party may marry again as if the other were dead.

Answer 3

Divorce is not a crime. There is not statute of limitations on divorce. A divorce case can be brought at any time against the other party of the marriage.

Answer 4

30 days