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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 7 (2026)

Married woman; liabilities

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Section 7. A married woman shall not be liable for her husband's debts, nor shall her property be liable to be taken on an execution against him. But a married woman shall be liable jointly with her husband for debts due, to the amount of one hundred dollars in each case, for necessaries furnished with her knowledge or consent to herself or her family, if she has property to the amount of two thousand dollars or more.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1962–2012 · leading case: Tazziz v. Tazziz, 533 N.E.2d 202 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988).
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Tazziz v. Tazziz, 533 N.E.2d 202 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). “The attention of the probate judge is invited to the provisions of G. L. c. 209, § 7(c), use of which may facilitate arrangement of any necessary postponement of the proceeding now proposed in Israel for September 28, 1988.”
Pioneer Valley Fed. Credit Union v. Soja, 2002 Mass. App. Div. 193 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2002). “M.G.Lc. 209, §7. The defendant/appellee never filed a brief and did not appear at oral argument “If an appellee fails to file a brief, he or she will not be heard at oral argument except by permission of the Appellate Division.”
East Longmeadow Mgmt. Sys., Inc. v. Wilson, 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 513 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “,” 1 However, G.L.c. 209, §7, as amended through St. 1974, c.”
Mediplex of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Donovan, 1994 Mass. App. Div. 123 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1994). “209, §1 as imposing a general obligation on both spouses to pay for necessaries furnished by third parties would impermissibly render the statute inconsistent with G.L.c. 209, §7, which was last amended in 1974 and which provides, in pertinent part: But a married woman shall be…”
Emerson Vill., LLC v. Jode, 30 Mass. L. Rptr. 495 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “209, §1, conflicts with G.L.c. 209, §7, which limits a marrted woman’s liabiliiy in circumstances involving necessaries to $100.”
Tabor Sch. Camp Inc. v. Pandolf, 24 Mass. App. Dec. 121 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1962). “(G. L. c. 209, §7, is not applicable here).”
— Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 7(c) — 1 case
Tazziz v. Tazziz, 533 N.E.2d 202 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). “The attention of the probate judge is invited to the provisions of G. L. c. 209, § 7(c), use of which may facilitate arrangement of any necessary postponement of the proceeding now proposed in Israel for September 28, 1988.”
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