Massachusetts General Laws ch. 209 sec. 33 – Separate support or maintenance; attachment of defendant’s property and trustee process
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Section 33. In an action for separate support or maintenance, an attachment of the defendant‘s property may be made as upon an action for divorce; and sections seventeen, thirty-three, thirty-five, and thirty-eight of chapter two hundred and eight shall apply to proceedings upon such complaint and to all subsidiary proceedings arising thereunder, so far as appropriate. Trustee process of an obligor’s disposable earnings may likewise be made by the filing of a complaint under the provisions of section thirty-six A of chapter two hundred and eight. All procedures under said section thirty-six A of said chapter two hundred and eight shall apply following the filing of said complaint.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 209 sec. 33
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.