MA H1679

Courts must deny alimony to any spouse convicted of abuse, including physical harm, threats of serious physical harm, or forcing a spouse into sexual relations through force, threat, or duress

Abuse survivors who previously paid alimony to a convicted abusive spouse may petition the court to terminate alimony and void the existing alimony contract

All types of alimony—general term, rehabilitative, reimbursement, and transitional—must be terminated if the receiving spouse has an abuse conviction

Repeals Section 40 of Chapter 209A and removes language that prevented ex parte abuse prevention orders from being admissible as evidence of abuse patterns in alimony proceedings

Amends multiple sections of Chapters 208 and 209A of Massachusetts General Laws to implement these protections across divorce, separation, and abuse prevention proceedings