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Where to file for divorce in Massachusetts?

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To determine which of the fourteen (14) probate and family courts to file for divorce in Massachusetts use the links below to locate your town or city. The first step to file for divorce in Massachusetts is to enter an action for divorce in the probate court in the county where either party lives, however, if either party resides in the county where the parties last lived together, then the action for divorce must be filed in the county where the parties last lived together.

Click on the Massachusetts city or town where either party lives to determine where to file for divorce in Massachusetts.

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Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amesbury, Amherst, AndoverAquinnah (Gay Head), Arlington, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashfield, Ashland, Athol, Attleboro,
Auburn, Avon, Ayer

B

Barnstable, Barre, Becket, Bedford, Belchertown, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkley, Berkshire, BerlinBernardston, Beverly, Billerica, Blackstone, Blandford, Bolton, Boston, Bourne, BoxboroughBoxford, Boylston, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brighton, Brimfield, BrocktonBrookfield, Brookline, Buckland, Burlington

C
Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Charlemont, Charlestown, Charlton, Chatham, ChelmsfordChelsea, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Chilmark, Clarksburg, Clinton, Cohasset,
Colrain, Concord, Conway, Cummington

D
Dalton, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Deerfield, Dennis, Dighton, Dorchester, Douglas, Dover, DracutDudley, Dunstable, Duxbury

E
East Boston, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, East Longmeadow, Eastham, Easthampton, EastonEdgartown, Egremont, Erving, Essex, Everett

F
Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Florida, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown

G
Gardner, Gay Head (Aquinnah), Georgetown, Gill, Gloucester, Goshen, Gosnold, Grafton, GranbyGranville, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Groton, Groveland

H
Hadley, Halifax, Hamilton, Hampden, Hancock, Hanover, Hanson, Hardwick, Harvard, HarwichHatfield, Haverhill, Hawley, Heath, Hingham, Hinsdale, Holbrook, Holden, Holland, HollistonHolyoke, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Hull, Huntington, Hyde Park

I
Ipswich

J
Jamaica Plain

K
Kingston

L
Lakeville, Lancaster, Lanesborough, Lawrence, Lee, Leicester, Lenox, Leominster, Leverett, LexingtonLeyden, Lincoln, Littleton, Longmeadow, Lowell, Ludlow, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield

M
Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marion, Marlborough, Marshfield, MashpeeMattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen,MiddleboroughMiddlefield, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Millville, Milton, Monroe, Monson, Montague, MontereyMontgomery, Mount Washington

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Nahant, Nantucket, Natick, Needham, New Ashford, New Bedford, New Braintree, New MarlboroughNew Salem, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Adams, North Andover, North AttleboroughNorth Brookfield, North Marlborough, North Reading, Northampton, Northborough, Northbridge, Northfield, Norton, Norwell, Norwood

O
Oak Bluffs, Oakham, Orange, Orleans, Otis, Oxford

P
Palmer, Paxton, Peabody, Pelham, Pembroke, Pepperell, Peru, Petersham, Phillipston, Pittsfield, PlainfieldPlainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Provincetown

Q
Quincy

R
Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Rehoboth, Revere, Richmond, Rochester, Rockland, Rockport, RoslindaleRowe, Rowley, Royalston, Russell, Rutland

S
Salem, Salisbury, Sandisfield, Sandwich, Saugus, Savoy, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Sheffield, ShelburneSherborn, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Shutesbury, Somerset, Somerville, South Hadley, Southfield, Southampton, SouthboroughSouth Boston, Southbridge, Southwick, Spencer, Springfield, Sterling, Stockbridge, Stoneham, StoughtonStow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Sunderland, SuttonSwampscott, Swansea

T
Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Tisbury, Tolland, Topsfield, Townsend, Truro, Tyngsborough, Tyringham

U
Upton, Uxbridge

W
Wakefield, Wales, Walpole, Waltham, Ware, Wareham, Warren, Warwick, Washington, Watertown,
Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, Wellfleet, Wendell, Wenham, West Boylston, West Bridgewater,West Brookfield,
Westminister, West Newbury, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, West Tisbury, Westborough, Westfield,
Westford, Westhampton, Westminster, Weston, Westport, Westwood,Weymouth, Whately, Whitman,
Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Windsor, Winthrop,
Woburn, Worcester, Worthington, Wrentham

Y
Yarmouth

List of all 13 Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts
Barnstable Probate and Family Court
Berkshire Probate and Family Court
Bristol Probate and Family Court
Dukes Probate and Family Court
Essex Probate and Family Court
Franklin Probate and Family Court
Hampden Probate and Family Court
Hampshire Probate and Family Court
Middlesex Probate and Family Court
Nantucket Probate and Family Court
Norfolk Probate and Family Court
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
Suffolk Probate and Family Court
Worcester Probate and Family Court

Attorney Amy Saunders, Esq.
Law Office of Hanson & Saunders
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Westwood, Massachusetts

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