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RI Gen L § 15-3-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3 - Solemnization of Marriages|Section 15-3-17 - Court orders regarding invalid marriages.

§ 15-3-17. Court orders regarding invalid marriages.If, as the result of a court decision pursuant to chapter 6 of title 11, chapters 1 — 3 of this title, or chapter 3 of title 23, any marriage which has occurred in Rhode Island is declared invalid, the court shall order the state registrar of vital records to mark "invalid" the original marriage record on file at the division of vital records and to note the invalidity of the marriage on all other files or references to the marriage.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-1 - Definitions.

§ 15-3.1-1. Definitions.(1) "Certificate of civil union" means a document that certifies that the persons named on the certificate have established a civil union in compliance with this chapter.(2) "Civil union" means a legal union between two individuals of the same sex established pursuant to this chapter.(3) "Party to a civil union" means a person who has established a civil union pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-2 - Eligibility.

§ 15-3.1-2. Eligibility.Persons shall be eligible to enter into a civil union only if both such persons are:(1) At least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Of the same sex;(3) Not a party to another civil union or a spouse in a marriage with any other person;(4) Not in a family relationship within the degrees stated in Rhode Island general laws § 15-1-1 or § 15-1-2; and(5) Neither person is mentally incompetent at the time of the civil union.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-3 - Repealed.

§ 15-3.1-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 4, § 6; P.L. 2013, ch. 5, § 6, effective August 1, 2013.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-4 - Repealed.

§ 15-3.1-4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 4, § 6; P.L. 2013, ch. 5, § 6, effective August 1, 2013.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-5 - Conscience and religious organizations protected.

§ 15-3.1-5. Conscience and religious organizations protected.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no religious or denominational organization, no organization operated for charitable or educational purpose which is supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, and no individual employed by any of the foregoing organizations, while acting in the scope of that employment, shall be required:(1) To provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges for a purpose related to the solemnization, certification, or celebration of any civil union; or(2) To solemnize or certify any civil union; or(3) To treat as valid any civil union;if such providing, solemnizing, certifying, or treating as valid would cause such organizations or individuals to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.(b) No organization or individual as described in subsection (a) above who fails or refuses to provide, solemnize, certify, or treat as valid, as described in subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) above, persons in a civil union, shall be subject to a fine, penalty, or other cause of action for such failure or refusal.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-6 - Benefits, protections, and responsibilities.

§ 15-3.1-6. Benefits, protections, and responsibilities.A party to a civil union lawfully entered into pursuant to this chapter shall have all the rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities under law, whether derived from statutes, administrative rules, court decisions, the common law, or any other source of civil or criminal law as people joined together pursuant to chapter 15-3.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-7 - References and inclusions.

§ 15-3.1-7. References and inclusions.A party to a civil union shall be included in any definition or use of any term that denotes the spousal relationship, whether or not gender specific, as those or related terms designating that relationship are used throughout the laws of the State of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-8 - Reciprocity.

§ 15-3.1-8. Reciprocity.A civil union or registered domestic partnership that extends benefits and responsibilities without the status of marriage and is legally entered into in another jurisdiction shall be recognized in Rhode Island as a civil union; provided, that the relationship meets the eligibility requirements of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-9 - Dissolution of civil unions.

§ 15-3.1-9. Dissolution of civil unions.The family court, as established by Rhode Island general laws § 8-10-3, shall have jurisdiction over all proceedings regarding dissolution of civil unions. In all relevant respects, the dissolution of civil unions shall follow the procedures and be subject to the substantive rights and obligations outlined in chapter 15-5.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-10 - Requirement of department of health - Civil unions.

§ 15-3.1-10. Requirement of department of health — Civil unions.The department of health, office of vital statistics shall draft and distribute applications for civil unions to every town and city within the state.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 501, § 8.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-11 - Severability.

§ 15-3.1-11. Severability.If any part of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is adjudged invalid, the adjudication or application shall not affect the validity of this act as a whole or any other part.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-12 - Merger of civil union into marriage by action of the parties.

§ 15-3.1-12. Merger of civil union into marriage by action of the parties.(a) On and after the effective date of this section, two (2) persons who are parties to a civil union entered into pursuant to this chapter may apply for and be issued a marriage license and have such marriage solemnized pursuant to chapters 15-1 to 15-3 of the general laws, provided such persons are otherwise eligible to marry under chapter 15-1 as amended herein, and the parties to the marriage will be the same as the parties to the civil union. After the solemnization of such marriage, and upon filing of the license and certificate of marriage with the clerk in the town or city from which the license was issued pursuant to § 15-2-1, of the civil union of such persons shall be merged into the marriage by operation of law as of the date of the recording of the marriage certificate and shall be effective as of the date of the recording of the marriage certificate.(b) Such parties may also apply to the clerk of the town or city in which their civil union is recorded to have their civil union legally designated and recorded as a marriage, without any additional requirements of payment of marriage licensing fees or solemnization contained in chapters 15-1 to 15-3 of the general laws, provided that such parties' civil union was not previously dissolved or annulled. Upon application, the parties shall be issued a marriage certificate and the civil union of such persons shall be merged into the marriage by operation of law as of the date of the recording of the marriage certificate and shall be effective as of the date of the recording of the marriage certificate.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 4, § 5; P.L. 2013, ch. 5, § 5.
RI Gen L § 15-3.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions|Section 15-3.1-13 - Recognized date of marriage.

§ 15-3.1-13. Recognized date of marriage.For purposes of determining the legal rights and responsibilities involving individuals who previously entered into a civil union in this state, and whose civil union has merged into a marriage under this chapter, the date of the recording of the marriage certificate shall be the operative date by which legal rights and responsibilities are determined.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 4, § 5; P.L. 2013, ch. 5, § 5.
RI Gen L § 15-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-1 - Ownership of separate property.

§ 15-4-1. Ownership of separate property.The real estate, chattels real, and personal estate which are the property of any woman before marriage, or which may become the property of any woman after marriage, or which may be acquired by her own industry, including damages recovered in suits or proceedings for her benefit and compensation for her property taken for public use, and the proceeds of all such property, shall be and remain her sole and separate property free from control of her husband.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-1.
RI Gen L § 15-4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-2 - Receipt of property and release of debts by married woman.

§ 15-4-2. Receipt of property and release of debts by married woman.The sole and separate receipt, order, or discharge of the wife for the payment and delivery to her, or to any person upon her order, of her own property, or the rents and profits of her property, including money on deposit in any savings bank or institution for savings, or other banking institution, and for the payment of any debt or damage to her belonging from any person or corporation, whether secured by mortgage or otherwise, shall be a sufficient discharge for it; and she may, in her own name or by her own separate deed, discharge any such mortgage or security.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-2.
RI Gen L § 15-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-3 - Power to contract.

§ 15-4-3. Power to contract.A married woman may make any contract the same as if she were single and unmarried, and with the same rights and liabilities.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 3; P.L. 1896, ch. 335, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-3.
RI Gen L § 15-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-4 - Conveyance of property to or from husband or other persons.

§ 15-4-4. Conveyance of property to or from husband or other persons.A married woman may sell and convey directly to, or may take directly from, her husband or any other person any estate or interest in any real or personal property in the same manner and with the same effect as if she were single and unmarried. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to support any transfer made between husband and wife in fraud of creditors.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-4.
RI Gen L § 15-4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-5 - Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney.

§ 15-4-5. Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney.The deed of a married woman conveying her separate interest in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall be acknowledged by her in the same manner as if she were single and unmarried. If any deed affecting her right of life estate created by chapter 25 of title 33 in any estate of her husband during his life is executed by attorney of the wife, the letter of attorney shall be acknowledged in the same manner as if she were single and unmarried.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-5.
RI Gen L § 15-4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-6 - Release of interest.

§ 15-4-6. Release of interest.A married woman, including a minor, may bar her right of life estate created by chapter 25 of title 33 in any estate of her husband by joining with him in the deed conveying the estate, and releasing her claim to life estate created by chapter 25 of title 33, or by releasing her right of life estate by her separate deed acknowledged in the same manner as provided in § 15-4-5.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 6; P.L. 1947, ch. 1914, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-6.
RI Gen L § 15-4-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-7 - Testamentary power.

§ 15-4-7. Testamentary power.Any married woman of sane mind and not less than eighteen (18) years of age may dispose of her real or personal estate or any portion of her real or personal estate by last will and testament, executed in the manner in which other wills are required to be executed for disposition of like property.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-7; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 65.
RI Gen L § 15-4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-8 - Rights of spouses in real estate.

§ 15-4-8. Rights of spouses in real estate.The rights of a spouse in the real estate of his or her spouse, as created by chapter 25 of title 33, shall not be impaired by the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 8; P.L. 1919, ch. 1787, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-8.
RI Gen L § 15-4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-9 - Trade or business - Partnership with husband.

§ 15-4-9. Trade or business — Partnership with husband.A married woman may carry on any trade or business as if she were single and unmarried; but her husband shall not be liable for her debts, contracts, or torts from that trade or business. A husband and wife may be partners in a trading or any other type of partnership.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 9; P.L. 1944, ch. 1397, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-9.
RI Gen L § 15-4-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-10 - Power to act as fiduciary.

§ 15-4-10. Power to act as fiduciary.A married woman may be, give bond as, and exercise the powers: (1) of trustee, when appointed by deed; (2) of executrix, trustee, or guardian, when appointed under a will or by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) of administratrix or guardian, when appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the same manner and with the same rights and liabilities in all respects as if she were single and unmarried, and irrespective of the time of her marriage.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 11; P.L. 1902, ch. 961, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-10.
RI Gen L § 15-4-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-11 - Agent for husband - Husband as agent.

§ 15-4-11. Agent for husband — Husband as agent.The wife may act as agent or attorney of her husband, and the husband may act as the agent or attorney of his wife.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-11.
RI Gen L § 15-4-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-12 - Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.

§ 15-4-12. Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.The husband shall not be liable by reason of the marital relation: (1) for any contract made or for any tort committed by his wife prior to their marriage; (2) for any contract made after marriage by his wife; (3) for torts committed by his wife after marriage, unless he participates in them or coerces her to do so. The wife or her property shall not be liable for the contracts or the torts of her husband.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-12.
RI Gen L § 15-4-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-13 - Liability of property to attachment and levy - Liens.

§ 15-4-13. Liability of property to attachment and levy — Liens.The property secured to a married woman by this chapter shall be liable to attachment and levy for her debts, and to levy for judgment in any action of tort against her, as if she were single and unmarried; and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair any lien or right of lien on her property or any remedy provided by law for the enforcement of the lien.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-13.
RI Gen L § 15-4-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-14 - Proceeding by or against married woman.

§ 15-4-14. Proceeding by or against married woman.(a) In all actions, suits, and proceedings by or against a married woman, she shall sue and be sued alone.(b) In all actions for injuries to the person, a married woman may sue in her own name and may include in the suit a claim for medical and/or hospital and/or dental expenses incurred in her behalf either in her name or that of her husband.(c) If the husband pays any or all of his wife's bills, the party responsible for the injuries may reimburse him directly and will not be required to pay the bills again.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-14; P.L. 1975, ch. 176, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-4-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-15 - Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases.

§ 15-4-15. Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases.In all causes of action or cases of adverse possession, no exception to the running of the statute of limitations shall be made in favor of a married woman because of her coverture.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-15.
RI Gen L § 15-4-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-16 - Property of absent or imprisoned husband.

§ 15-4-16. Property of absent or imprisoned husband.Whenever a husband has abandoned his wife and been absent from the state for the period of one year or more, or whenever the husband is condemned to imprisonment for one year or more, the wife may petition the superior court, wherever sitting, setting forth these facts. Upon satisfactory proof of these facts on hearing, after any notice that the court shall have required to be given, the court may order that the petitioner may have the rents and income of the property, both real and personal, of the absentee or party imprisoned, and the rents and income shall be applied to the support of the petitioner and their minor children until further order of the court. Control and management shall be exercised through the intervention of a trustee appointed by the court; or, if the property is less than three hundred dollars ($300) in value, the whole or any part of the property may be set over to the petitioner absolutely.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 20; C.P.A. 1905, §§ 1220, 1227; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-16.
RI Gen L § 15-4-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights|Section 15-4-17 - Abolition of interspousal immunity.

§ 15-4-17. Abolition of interspousal immunity.No cause of action shall be barred on the ground that the parties are married or were married at the time that the cause of action accrued. The common-law doctrine of interspousal immunity is explicitly and totally abrogated.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 124, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-5 - Divorce and Separation|Section 15-5-1 - Marriages void or voidable - Civil death or presumption of death.

§ 15-5-1. Marriages void or voidable — Civil death or presumption of death.Divorces from the bond of marriage shall be decreed in case of any marriage originally void or voidable by law, and in case either party is for crime deemed to be or treated as if civilly dead, or, from absence or other circumstances, may be presumed to be actually dead.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 195, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 247, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 291, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 416, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-5-1.
RI Gen L § 15-5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-5 - Divorce and Separation|Section 15-5-2 - Additional grounds for divorce.

§ 15-5-2. Additional grounds for divorce.Divorces from the bond of marriage shall also be decreed for the following causes:(1) Impotency;(2) Adultery;(3) Extreme cruelty;(4) Willful desertion for five (5) years of either of the parties, or for willful desertion for a shorter period of time in the discretion of the court;(5) Continued drunkenness;(6) The habitual, excessive, and intemperate use of opium, morphine, or chloral;(7) Neglect and refusal, for the period of at least one year next before the filing of the petition, on the part of the husband to provide necessaries for the subsistence of his wife, the husband being of sufficient ability; and(8) Any other gross misbehavior and wickedness, in either of the parties, repugnant to and in violation of the marriage covenant.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 195, § 2; P.L. 1902, ch. 971, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 247, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 291, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 416, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 15-5-2; P.L. 1975, ch. 287, § 1.