MGL Ch.208 Sec.51: Termination of reimbursement alimony

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Massachusetts General Laws: Chapter 208 - Divorce

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Section 51. Termination of reimbursement alimony; modification; applicability of income guidelines

[ Text of section added by 2011, 124, Sec. 3 effective March 1, 2012 applicable as provided by 2011, 124, Sec. 4. See 2011, 124, Sec. 7.]

Section 51. (a) Reimbursement alimony shall terminate upon the death of the recipient or a date certain.

(b) Once ordered, the parties shall not seek and the court shall not order a modification of reimbursement alimony.

(c) Income guidelines in subsection (b) of section 53 shall not apply to reimbursement alimony.