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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 32D (2026)

Judgment for separate support; conveyance of real property; enforcement; vesting of title

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Section 32D. Whenever in any proceeding under section thirty-two a judgment shall be entered directing that a deed, conveyance or release of certain real estate, or interest therein, be made, such judgment shall create an equitable right to its enforcement subject to the provision for recording of notice in section fifteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-four, in the party entitled thereto by the judgment, and if the judgment has not been complied with within three months after said judgment has been entered and a certified copy of said judgment is recorded or registered in the manner provided by section forty-four of chapter one hundred and eighty-three, then the judgment itself shall operate to vest title to the real estate or interest therein in the party entitled thereto by the judgment as fully and completely as if such deed, conveyance or release had been duly executed by the party directed to make it, and so recorded.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1973–1978 · leading case: Dee v. Dee, 296 N.E.2d 521 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973).
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Dee v. Dee, 296 N.E.2d 521 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973). · cites it 6× “[4] There is nothing in the language or in the legislative history of that section [5] which suggests that it was intended to permit anything other than an interim order of sixty days' total duration entered in advance of a hearing on the merits of a libel for divorce (G.L.c.…”
Pavlik v. Dmytryck, 379 N.E.2d 1117 (Mass. App. Ct. 1978). “G. L. c. 209, § 32D, and G. L. c. 183, §§ 43 and 44.”
DiMarzio v. DiMarzio, 309 N.E.2d 520 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). · cites it 2× “In the circumstances we must conclude that the decree, if allowed to stand, would effect a division of the property of the parties which cannot be accomplished on a petition filed solely under the provisions of G.”
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