§ 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.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 15-3.1-1. - Definitions.
Section 15-3.1-2. - Eligibility.
Section 15-3.1-5. - Conscience and religious organizations protected.
Section 15-3.1-6. - Benefits, protections, and responsibilities.
Section 15-3.1-7. - References and inclusions.
Section 15-3.1-8. - Reciprocity.
Section 15-3.1-9. - Dissolution of civil unions.
Section 15-3.1-10. - Requirement of department of health — Civil unions.
Section 15-3.1-11. - Severability.
Section 15-3.1-12. - Merger of civil union into marriage by action of the parties.