Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations

Section 15-1-5. - Bigamous marriages void — Marriage of persons who are mentally incompetent. - § 15-1-5. Bigamous marriages void — Marriage of persons who...

Section 15-1-6. - Declaration of validity of marriage by divorced person. - § 15-1-6. Declaration of validity of marriage by divorced person....

Section 15-1-7. - Marriage codification. - § 15-1-7. Marriage codification. Marriage is the legally recognized union...

Section 15-1-8. - Recognition of relationships entered into in another state or jurisdiction. - § 15-1-8. Recognition of relationships entered into in another state...

Section 15-1-9. - Applicability of state laws to marriages not recognized by federal law. - § 15-1-9. Applicability of state laws to marriages not recognized...

Chapter 15-2 - Marriage Licenses

Section 15-2-1. - License required — Proof of divorce — Obligation of clerk to issue license. - § 15-2-1. License required — Proof of divorce — Obligation...

Section 15-2-1.1. - Statewide electronic marriage license system. - § 15-2-1.1. Statewide electronic marriage license system. Notwithstanding the provisions...

Section 15-2-2. - Repealed. - § 15-2-2. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 243, §...

Section 15-2-3. - Repealed. - § 15-2-3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 191, §...

Section 15-2-3.1. - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome warning law. - § 15-2-3.1. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome warning law. With each marriage...

Section 15-2-4, 15-2-5. - Repealed. - § 15-2-4, 15-2-5. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 287,...

Section 15-2-6. - Repealed. - § 15-2-6. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 287, §...

Section 15-2-7. - Form and contents of certificates, reports, and other returns. - § 15-2-7. Form and contents of certificates, reports, and other...

Section 15-2-8. - Period of validity of license — Return if unused. - § 15-2-8. Period of validity of license — Return if...

Section 15-2-9. - License fee — Presentation of license to person performing ceremony. - § 15-2-9. License fee — Presentation of license to person...

Section 15-2-9.1. - Additional fee for family and children trust fund. - § 15-2-9.1. Additional fee for family and children trust fund....

Section 15-2-10. - Repealed. - § 15-2-10. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 287, §...

Section 15-2-11. - [Repealed.] - § 15-2-11. [Repealed.] History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 191, §...

Section 15-2-12. - Recording of license information. - § 15-2-12. Recording of license information. The several town and...

Section 15-2-13. - Registrar in city of Providence. - § 15-2-13. Registrar in city of Providence. In the city...

Section 15-2-14. - Minimum age for marriage license. - § 15-2-14. Minimum age for marriage license. A marriage license...

Chapter 15-3 - Solemnization of Marriages

Section 15-3-1 - — 15-3-4. Repealed. - § 15-3-1 — 15-3-4. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch....

Section 15-3-5. - Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. - § 15-3-5. Officials empowered to join persons in marriage. Every...

Section 15-3-6. - Marriages after the manner of Friends, according to Jewish rites, or spiritual assembly of Baha’is. - § 15-3-6. Marriages after the manner of Friends, according to...

Section 15-3-6.1. - Protection of freedom of religion in marriage. - § 15-3-6.1. Protection of freedom of religion in marriage. (a)...

Section 15-3-7. - Presentation of marriage license. - § 15-3-7. Presentation of marriage license. No minister, elder, justice,...

Section 15-3-8. - Witnesses to ceremony. - § 15-3-8. Witnesses to ceremony. The solemnization of marriage shall...

Section 15-3-9. - Statement of objections to marriage. - § 15-3-9. Statement of objections to marriage. If any person...

Section 15-3-10. - Penalty for marriage without license or despite impediment. - § 15-3-10. Penalty for marriage without license or despite impediment....

Section 15-3-11. - Knowingly performing bigamous marriage. - § 15-3-11. Knowingly performing bigamous marriage. Every person authorized by...

Section 15-3-12. - Endorsement and return of license. - § 15-3-12. Endorsement and return of license. (a) Every minister,...

Section 15-3-13. - Filing of return of marriage. - § 15-3-13. Filing of return of marriage. The town or...

Section 15-3-14. - Neglect of duty by person performing ceremony. - § 15-3-14. Neglect of duty by person performing ceremony. Every...

Section 15-3-15. - Marriages valid despite irregularities — Penalty for marriage without compliance. - § 15-3-15. Marriages valid despite irregularities — Penalty for marriage...

Section 15-3-16. - Solemnization of marriage without authority. - § 15-3-16. Solemnization of marriage without authority. Every person who...

Section 15-3-17. - Court orders regarding invalid marriages. - § 15-3-17. Court orders regarding invalid marriages. If, as the...

Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions

Section 15-3.1-1. - Definitions. - § 15-3.1-1. Definitions. (1) “Certificate of civil union” means a...

Section 15-3.1-2. - Eligibility. - § 15-3.1-2. Eligibility. Persons shall be eligible to enter into...

Section 15-3.1-3. - Repealed. - § 15-3.1-3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, §...

Section 15-3.1-4. - Repealed. - § 15-3.1-4. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 198, §...

Section 15-3.1-5. - Conscience and religious organizations protected. - § 15-3.1-5. Conscience and religious organizations protected. (a) Notwithstanding any...

Section 15-3.1-6. - Benefits, protections, and responsibilities. - § 15-3.1-6. Benefits, protections, and responsibilities. A party to a...

Section 15-3.1-7. - References and inclusions. - § 15-3.1-7. References and inclusions. A party to a civil...

Section 15-3.1-8. - Reciprocity. - § 15-3.1-8. Reciprocity. A civil union or registered domestic partnership...

Section 15-3.1-9. - Dissolution of civil unions. - § 15-3.1-9. Dissolution of civil unions. The family court, as...

Section 15-3.1-10. - Requirement of department of health — Civil unions. - § 15-3.1-10. Requirement of department of health — Civil unions....

Section 15-3.1-11. - Severability. - § 15-3.1-11. Severability. If any part of this chapter or...

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...

Section 15-3.1-13. - Recognized date of marriage. - § 15-3.1-13. Recognized date of marriage. For purposes of determining...

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...

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...

Section 15-4-3. - Power to contract. - § 15-4-3. Power to contract. A married woman may make...

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...

Section 15-4-5. - Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney. - § 15-4-5. Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney. The...

Section 15-4-6. - Release of interest. - § 15-4-6. Release of interest. A married woman, including a...

Section 15-4-7. - Testamentary power. - § 15-4-7. Testamentary power. Any married woman of sane mind...

Section 15-4-8. - Rights of spouses in real estate. - § 15-4-8. Rights of spouses in real estate. The rights...

Section 15-4-9. - Trade or business — Partnership with husband. - § 15-4-9. Trade or business — Partnership with husband. A...

Section 15-4-10. - Power to act as fiduciary. - § 15-4-10. Power to act as fiduciary. A married woman...

Section 15-4-11. - Agent for husband — Husband as agent. - § 15-4-11. Agent for husband — Husband as agent. The...

Section 15-4-12. - Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife. - § 15-4-12. Liability for contracts or torts of husband or...

Section 15-4-13. - Liability of property to attachment and levy — Liens. - § 15-4-13. Liability of property to attachment and levy —...

Section 15-4-14. - Proceeding by or against married woman. - § 15-4-14. Proceeding by or against married woman. (a) In...

Section 15-4-15. - Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases. - § 15-4-15. Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases. In...

Section 15-4-16. - Property of absent or imprisoned husband. - § 15-4-16. Property of absent or imprisoned husband. Whenever a...

Section 15-4-17. - Abolition of interspousal immunity. - § 15-4-17. Abolition of interspousal immunity. No cause of action...

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...

Section 15-5-2. - Additional grounds for divorce. - § 15-5-2. Additional grounds for divorce. Divorces from the bond...

Section 15-5-3. - Separation of parties as ground for dissolution — Appeal. - § 15-5-3. Separation of parties as ground for dissolution —...

Section 15-5-3.1. - Divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences. - § 15-5-3.1. Divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences. (a) A...

Section 15-5-4. - Collusion of parties. - § 15-5-4. Collusion of parties. Whenever it appears that the...

Section 15-5-5. - Uncorroborated testimony of complainant. - § 15-5-5. Uncorroborated testimony of complainant. Whenever the act or...

Section 15-5-6 - — 15-5-8. Repealed. - § 15-5-6 — 15-5-8. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch....

Section 15-5-9. - Divorce from bed and board. - § 15-5-9. Divorce from bed and board. Divorces from bed,...

Section 15-5-10. - Disposal of certain real estate after filing of complaint. - § 15-5-10. Disposal of certain real estate after filing of...

Section 15-5-11. - Verification of complaint. - § 15-5-11. Verification of complaint. Every complaint shall be verified...

Section 15-5-12. - Domicile and residence requirements. - § 15-5-12. Domicile and residence requirements. (a) No complaint for...

Section 15-5-13. - Venue. - § 15-5-13. Venue. (a) All complaints for divorce from the...

Section 15-5-14. - Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance of process — Time of hearing. - § 15-5-14. Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance...

Section 15-5-14.1. - Automatic orders in divorce cases. - § 15-5-14.1. Automatic orders in divorce cases. (a) Upon the...

Section 15-5-15. - Orders as to notice. - § 15-5-15. Orders as to notice. Whenever any petition for...

Section 15-5-16. - Alimony and counsel fees — Custody of children. - § 15-5-16. Alimony and counsel fees — Custody of children....

Section 15-5-16.1. - Assignment of property. - § 15-5-16.1. Assignment of property. (a) In addition to or...

Section 15-5-16.1.1. - Deferment of sale of home. - § 15-5-16.1.1. Deferment of sale of home. (a) As used...

Section 15-5-16.2. - Child support. - § 15-5-16.2. Child support. (a) In a proceeding for divorce,...

Section 15-5-16.2.1. - Credit rating. - § 15-5-16.2.1. Credit rating. Credit bureaus are required to take...

Section 15-5-16.2.2. - Service of court papers at work. - § 15-5-16.2.2. Service of court papers at work. No employer...

Section 15-5-16.2.3. - Continuances — Compensation for lost wages. - § 15-5-16.2.3. Continuances — Compensation for lost wages. In any...

Section 15-5-16.2.4. - Retroactive modification of child support. - § 15-5-16.2.4. Retroactive modification of child support. Notwithstanding the provisions...

Section 15-5-16.2.5. - Repealed. - § 15-5-16.2.5. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art....

Section 15-5-16.3. - Allowance regarded as judgment for debt. - § 15-5-16.3. Allowance regarded as judgment for debt. Any allowance...

Section 15-5-16.4. - Judgment assigning real property — Effect. - § 15-5-16.4. Judgment assigning real property — Effect. Whenever the...

Section 15-5-16.5. - Interest on arrearages. - § 15-5-16.5. Interest on arrearages. Interest at the rate of...

Section 15-5-16.6. - Security, bond, or guarantee to secure payment of overdue support. - § 15-5-16.6. Security, bond, or guarantee to secure payment of...

Section 15-5-16.7. - Review of child support orders. - § 15-5-16.7. Review of child support orders. (a) For purposes...

Section 15-5-17. - Change of name. - § 15-5-17. Change of name. Any woman, to whom a...

Section 15-5-18. - Interlocutory decrees and injunctions. - § 15-5-18. Interlocutory decrees and injunctions. After the filing and...

Section 15-5-19. - Restraining orders — Treatment for harmed or menaced spouse — Custody of children — Allowances — Alimony and counsel fees. - § 15-5-19. Restraining orders — Treatment for harmed or menaced...

Section 15-5-19.1. - Restraining orders — Notification of local authorities — Notice of penalty. - § 15-5-19.1. Restraining orders — Notification of local authorities —...

Section 15-5-20. - Service on or notice to defendant. - § 15-5-20. Service on or notice to defendant. No person...

Section 15-5-21. - Service by publication — Jurisdiction acquired. - § 15-5-21. Service by publication — Jurisdiction acquired. After service...

Section 15-5-22. - Trial required — Collusion. - § 15-5-22. Trial required — Collusion. No divorce from the...

Section 15-5-23. - Final judgment — Remarriage. - § 15-5-23. Final judgment — Remarriage. (a) No judgment for...

Section 15-5-24. - Support — Wage assignment procedures. - § 15-5-24. Support — Wage assignment procedures. (a) With respect...

Section 15-5-24.1. - Visitation rights of grandparents. - § 15-5-24.1. Visitation rights of grandparents. The court may, upon...

Section 15-5-24.2. - Visitation rights of grandparents whose child is denied or has failed to exercise rights. - § 15-5-24.2. Visitation rights of grandparents whose child is denied...

Section 15-5-24.3. - Visitation rights — Grandparents and siblings. - § 15-5-24.3. Visitation rights — Grandparents and siblings. (a)(1) The...

Section 15-5-24.4. - Sibling visitation rights. - § 15-5-24.4. Sibling visitation rights. (a) The family court, upon...

Section 15-5-24.5. - Court ordered visitation rights to certain persons convicted of first degree murder — Prohibited. - § 15-5-24.5. Court ordered visitation rights to certain persons convicted...

Section 15-5-25. - Application for wage withholding — Obligor in arrears. - § 15-5-25. Application for wage withholding — Obligor in arrears....

Section 15-5-26. - Duties and liabilities of employer under income assignment order or order for wage withholding. - § 15-5-26. Duties and liabilities of employer under income assignment...

Section 15-5-27. - Order for wage withholding — Duration. - § 15-5-27. Order for wage withholding — Duration. An order...

Section 15-5-28. - Judgment or order as lien on property — Duration — Effect. - § 15-5-28. Judgment or order as lien on property —...

Section 15-5-29. - Mediation proceedings involving custody and/or visitation. - § 15-5-29. Mediation proceedings involving custody and/or visitation. (a) Where,...

Chapter 15-6 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act

Section 15-6-1. - Short title. - § 15-6-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 15-6-2. - Ex parte divorce in another state between parties resident in this state. - § 15-6-2. Ex parte divorce in another state between parties...

Section 15-6-3. - Prima facie evidence of continued domicile in state. - § 15-6-3. Prima facie evidence of continued domicile in state....

Section 15-6-4. - Uniformity of construction. - § 15-6-4. Uniformity of construction. This chapter shall be interpreted...

Chapter 15-7 - Adoption of Children

Section 15-7-1. - Repealed. - § 15-7-1. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 420, §...

Section 15-7-2. - Report, investigation, and hearing on placement of child for adoption. - § 15-7-2. Report, investigation, and hearing on placement of child...

Section 15-7-2.1. - Pre-adoption report on child placed for adoption. - § 15-7-2.1. Pre-adoption report on child placed for adoption. (a)...

Section 15-7-3. - Report, investigation, and hearing on child brought into state for adoption. - § 15-7-3. Report, investigation, and hearing on child brought into...

Section 15-7-4. - Petition to adopt — Court having jurisdiction. - § 15-7-4. Petition to adopt — Court having jurisdiction. (a)...

Section 15-7-5. - Consent required. - § 15-7-5. Consent required. (a) The parents of the child,...

Section 15-7-5.1. - Contact preference form information. - § 15-7-5.1. Contact preference form information. Upon providing consent to...

Section 15-7-6. - Waiver of parents’ right to consent — Guardianship of agency. - § 15-7-6. Waiver of parents’ right to consent — Guardianship...

Section 15-7-7. - Termination of parental rights. - § 15-7-7. Termination of parental rights. (a) The court shall,...

Section 15-7-7.1. - Court proceedings. - § 15-7-7.1. Court proceedings. The court shall make findings of...

Section 15-7-7.2. - Mediation of termination of parental rights. - § 15-7-7.2. Mediation of termination of parental rights. The family...

Section 15-7-8. - Notice to parents — Notice when no parent living or when parent in mental institution. - § 15-7-8. Notice to parents — Notice when no parent...

Section 15-7-9. - Notice to parent whose whereabouts unknown. - § 15-7-9. Notice to parent whose whereabouts unknown. (a) When...

Section 15-7-10. - Consent of minor parents. - § 15-7-10. Consent of minor parents. (a) For the purposes...

Section 15-7-11. - Investigation and report as to adoptive home. - § 15-7-11. Investigation and report as to adoptive home. (a)...

Section 15-7-12. - Trial period of residence. - § 15-7-12. Trial period of residence. No petition shall be...

Section 15-7-13. - Consideration of religion of child or parents. - § 15-7-13. Consideration of religion of child or parents. For...

Section 15-7-14. - Decree of adoption. - § 15-7-14. Decree of adoption. If, after investigation and upon...

Section 15-7-14.1. - Decree of open adoption. - § 15-7-14.1. Decree of open adoption. (a) At the time...

Section 15-7-15. - Decree of change of name. - § 15-7-15. Decree of change of name. If, in a...

Section 15-7-16. - Inheritance by and from adoptive kindred. - § 15-7-16. Inheritance by and from adoptive kindred. (a) A...

Section 15-7-17. - Rights of natural parents terminated — Inheritance by child from natural parents. - § 15-7-17. Rights of natural parents terminated — Inheritance by...

Section 15-7-18. - Denial of petition — Order as to custody of child. - § 15-7-18. Denial of petition — Order as to custody...

Section 15-7-19. - Appeal from the family court. - § 15-7-19. Appeal from the family court. Appeals from decrees...

Section 15-7-20. - Jurisdiction of child pending appeal. - § 15-7-20. Jurisdiction of child pending appeal. During the pendency...

Section 15-7-21. - Repealed. - § 15-7-21. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 192, §...

Section 15-7-21.1. - Challenge to decree. - § 15-7-21.1. Challenge to decree. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions...

Section 15-7-22. - Penalty for violations or false statements. - § 15-7-22. Penalty for violations or false statements. Every person...

Section 15-7-23. - Complaints. - § 15-7-23. Complaints. The director of children, youth and families...

Section 15-7-24. - Attendance at hearing. - § 15-7-24. Attendance at hearing. The child does not need...

Section 15-7-25. - Reimbursement to adoptive parents. - § 15-7-25. Reimbursement to adoptive parents. The state shall make...

Section 15-7-26. - Notice to natural father. - § 15-7-26. Notice to natural father. (a) If the court,...

Chapter 15-7.1 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance

Section 15-7.1-1. - Enactment of compact. - § 15-7.1-1. Enactment of compact. The interstate compact on adoption...

Section 15-7.1-2. - Compact administrator. - § 15-7.1-2. Compact administrator. The director of the department of...

Section 15-7.1-3. - Supplementary agreements. - § 15-7.1-3. Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator is authorized and...

Section 15-7.1-4. - Payments by state. - § 15-7.1-4. Payments by state. The compact administrator, subject to...

Chapter 15-7.2 - Passive Voluntary Adoption Mutual Consent Registry Act

Section 15-7.2-1. - Definitions. - § 15-7.2-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Adoptee”...

Section 15-7.2-2. - Policy. - § 15-7.2-2. Policy. It is the policy of this state...

Section 15-7.2-3. - Adoption records to be permanently maintained. - § 15-7.2-3. Adoption records to be permanently maintained. (a) All...

Section 15-7.2-4. - Information — Confidential exceptions. - § 15-7.2-4. Information — Confidential exceptions. A person or agency...

Section 15-7.2-5. - Information of registry confidential. - § 15-7.2-5. Information of registry confidential. (a) Notwithstanding another provision...

Section 15-7.2-6. - The court to maintain registry. - § 15-7.2-6. The court to maintain registry. A passive voluntary...

Section 15-7.2-7. - Persons eligible to register and to use registry. - § 15-7.2-7. Persons eligible to register and to use registry....

Section 15-7.2-8. - Failure of a necessary registrant to file an affidavit. - § 15-7.2-8. Failure of a necessary registrant to file an...

Section 15-7.2-9. - Content of affidavit — Notice of change in information. - § 15-7.2-9. Content of affidavit — Notice of change in...

Section 15-7.2-10. - Processing affidavits. - § 15-7.2-10. Processing affidavits. (a) Upon receipt of the affidavit...

Section 15-7.2-11. - Registry information to be maintained permanently. - § 15-7.2-11. Registry information to be maintained permanently. Any affidavits...

Section 15-7.2-12. - Limits on releasing information. - § 15-7.2-12. Limits on releasing information. (a) A registry shall...

Section 15-7.2-13. - Registration fee. - § 15-7.2-13. Registration fee. There shall be a twenty-five dollar...

Section 15-7.2-14. - Objections to release of information. - § 15-7.2-14. Objections to release of information. Any eligible registrant...

Section 15-7.2-15. - The court to promulgate rules and procedures. - § 15-7.2-15. The court to promulgate rules and procedures. The...

Section 15-7.2-16. - Public information. - § 15-7.2-16. Public information. The Rhode Island department of health...

Chapter 15-8 - Uniform Law on Paternity

Section 15-8-1. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-2. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-2. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-3. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-3. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-4. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-4. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-5. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-5. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-6. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-6. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-7. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-7. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-8. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-8. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-8.1. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-8.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-9. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-9. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-10. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-10. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-11. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-11. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 204, §...

Section 15-8-12 - — 15-8-14. Repealed. - § 15-8-12 — 15-8-14. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch....

Section 15-8-15. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-15. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-16. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-16. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-17. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-17. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-18. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-18. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-18.1. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-18.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 236, §...

Section 15-8-19. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-19. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-20. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-20. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-21. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-21. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-22. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-22. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-23. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-23. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-24. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-24. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-25. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-25. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-26. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-26. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 185, §...

Section 15-8-27. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-27. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 165, §...

Section 15-8-28. - [Repealed.] - § 15-8-28. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 170, §...

Chapter 15-8.1 - Uniform Parentage Act

Article 1 - Definitions, Scope and General Provisions

Section 15-8.1-101. - Short title. - § 15-8.1-101. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 15-8.1-102. - Definitions. - § 15-8.1-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Acknowledged...

Section 15-8.1-103. - Scope and application. - § 15-8.1-103. Scope and application. (a) This chapter applies to...

Section 15-8.1-104. - Parentage proceeding. - § 15-8.1-104. Parentage proceeding. (a) A proceeding to adjudicate the...

Section 15-8.1-105. - Standing to maintain proceeding. - § 15-8.1-105. Standing to maintain proceeding. (a) Subject to other...

Section 15-8.1-106. - Notice of proceeding. - § 15-8.1-106. Notice of proceeding. (a) Except as provided in...

Section 15-8.1-107. - Personal jurisdiction. - § 15-8.1-107. Personal jurisdiction. (a) An individual shall not be...

Section 15-8.1-108. - Venue. - § 15-8.1-108. Venue. Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage...

Section 15-8.1-109. - Joinder of proceedings. - § 15-8.1-109. Joinder of proceedings. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 15-8.1-110. - Orders. - § 15-8.1-110. Orders. (a) In a proceeding under this chapter,...

Section 15-8.1-111. - Admission of parentage authorized. - § 15-8.1-111. Admission of parentage authorized. (a) A respondent in...

Section 15-8.1-112. - Order on default. - § 15-8.1-112. Order on default. The court may issue an...

Section 15-8.1-113. - Order adjudicating parentage. - § 15-8.1-113. Order adjudicating parentage. (a) In a proceeding under...

Section 15-8.1-114. - Binding effect of determination of parentage. - § 15-8.1-114. Binding effect of determination of parentage. (a) Except...

Section 15-8.1-115. - Full faith and credit. - § 15-8.1-115. Full faith and credit. This state shall give...

Article 2 - Establishment of Parentage

Section 15-8.1-201. - Recognized parents. - § 15-8.1-201. Recognized parents. A person may establish parentage by...

Section 15-8.1-202. - Nondiscrimination. - § 15-8.1-202. Nondiscrimination. Every child has the same rights under...

Section 15-8.1-203. - Consequences of establishment of parentage. - § 15-8.1-203. Consequences of establishment of parentage. Unless parentage has...

Section 15-8.1-204. - Determination of maternity and paternity. - § 15-8.1-204. Determination of maternity and paternity. Provisions of this...

Section 15-8.1-205. - No limitation on child. - § 15-8.1-205. No limitation on child. Nothing in this chapter...

Section 15-8.1-206. - Adjudicating competing claims of parentage. - § 15-8.1-206. Adjudicating competing claims of parentage. (a) In a...

Article 3 - Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage

Section 15-8.1-301. - Acknowledgment of parentage. - § 15-8.1-301. Acknowledgment of parentage. (a) The following individuals may...

Section 15-8.1-302. - Acknowledgment of parentage void. - § 15-8.1-302. Acknowledgment of parentage void. An acknowledgment of parentage...

Section 15-8.1-303. - Denial of parentage. - § 15-8.1-303. Denial of parentage. (a) An individual presumed to...

Section 15-8.1-304. - Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage. - § 15-8.1-304. Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage. (a)...

Section 15-8.1-305. - Equivalent to adjudication, no ratification required. - § 15-8.1-305. Equivalent to adjudication, no ratification required. (a) Except...

Section 15-8.1-306. - Waiver of filing fee. - § 15-8.1-306. Waiver of filing fee. If an acknowledgment of...

Section 15-8.1-307. - Timing of rescission. - § 15-8.1-307. Timing of rescission. (a) A signatory may rescind...

Section 15-8.1-308. - Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for rescission. - § 15-8.1-308. Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for...

Section 15-8.1-309. - Procedure for rescission or challenge. - § 15-8.1-309. Procedure for rescission or challenge. (a) Every signatory...

Section 15-8.1-310. - Forms for acknowledgment and denial of parentage. - § 15-8.1-310. Forms for acknowledgment and denial of parentage. (a)...

Section 15-8.1-311. - Release of information. - § 15-8.1-311. Release of information. The department of health may...

Section 15-8.1-312. - Adoption of rules. - § 15-8.1-312. Adoption of rules. The department of health shall...

Article 4 - Presumed Parentage

Section 15-8.1-401. - Presumption of parentage. - § 15-8.1-401. Presumption of parentage. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 15-8.1-402. - Challenge to presumed parent. - § 15-8.1-402. Challenge to presumed parent. (a) Except as provided...

Section 15-8.1-403. - Multiple presumptions or conflicting claims. - § 15-8.1-403. Multiple presumptions or conflicting claims. (a) If two...

Article 5 - De Facto Parentage

Section 15-8.1-501. - Adjudication. - § 15-8.1-501. Adjudication. (a)(1) In a proceeding to adjudicate the...

Section 15-8.1-502. - Complaint. - § 15-8.1-502. Complaint. (a) An individual seeking to be adjudicated...

Article 6 - Genetic Parentage

Section 15-8.1-601. - Scope. - § 15-8.1-601. Scope. This chapter governs procedures and requirements of...

Section 15-8.1-602. - Requirements for genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-602. Requirements for genetic testing. Genetic testing shall be...

Section 15-8.1-603. - Authority to order or deny genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-603. Authority to order or deny genetic testing. (a)...

Section 15-8.1-604. - Genetic testing results. - § 15-8.1-604. Genetic testing results. (a) An individual shall be...

Section 15-8.1-605. - Report of genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-605. Report of genetic testing. (a) A report of...

Section 15-8.1-606. - Admissibility of results of genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-606. Admissibility of results of genetic testing. (a) Unless...

Section 15-8.1-607. - Additional genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-607. Additional genetic testing. The court shall order additional...

Section 15-8.1-608. - Adjudication of parentage of child with alleged genetic parent. - § 15-8.1-608. Adjudication of parentage of child with alleged genetic...

Section 15-8.1-609. - Costs of genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-609. Costs of genetic testing. (a) The costs of...

Section 15-8.1-610. - Deceased individual. - § 15-8.1-610. Deceased individual. For good cause shown, the court...

Section 15-8.1-611. - Confidentiality of genetic testing. - § 15-8.1-611. Confidentiality of genetic testing. (a) A report of...

Section 15-8.1-612. - Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault. - § 15-8.1-612. Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual...

Section 15-8.1-613. - Past liabilities. - § 15-8.1-613. Past liabilities. (a) For the purpose of this...

Article 7 - Parentage by Assisted Reproduction

Section 15-8.1-701. - Scope. - § 15-8.1-701. Scope. This article does not apply to the...

Section 15-8.1-702. - Parental status of donor. - § 15-8.1-702. Parental status of donor. (a) A donor is...

Section 15-8.1-703. - Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. - § 15-8.1-703. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. An individual...

Section 15-8.1-704. - Consent to assisted reproduction. - § 15-8.1-704. Consent to assisted reproduction. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 15-8.1-705. - Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage. - § 15-8.1-705. Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage. (a) Except...

Section 15-8.1-706. - Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent. - § 15-8.1-706. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of...

Section 15-8.1-707. - Parental status of a deceased individual. - § 15-8.1-707. Parental status of a deceased individual. (a) If...

Section 15-8.1-708. - Parentage orders of children born of assisted reproduction. - § 15-8.1-708. Parentage orders of children born of assisted reproduction....

Section 15-8.1-709. - Laboratory error. - § 15-8.1-709. Laboratory error. If due to a laboratory or...

Article 8 - Parentage by Gestational Carrier Agreement

Section 15-8.1-801. - Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement. - § 15-8.1-801. Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement. (a) In...

Section 15-8.1-802. - Gestational carrier agreement. - § 15-8.1-802. Gestational carrier agreement. (a) A prospective gestational carrier,...

Section 15-8.1-803. - Parental rights and responsibilities. - § 15-8.1-803. Parental rights and responsibilities. (a)(1) If a gestational...

Section 15-8.1-804. - Birth orders. - § 15-8.1-804. Birth orders. (a) Before the birth of a...

Section 15-8.1-805. - Jurisdiction. - § 15-8.1-805. Jurisdiction. Subject to the jurisdictional standards of chapter...

Section 15-8.1-806. - Termination of gestational carrier agreement. - § 15-8.1-806. Termination of gestational carrier agreement. (a) A party...

Section 15-8.1-807. - Effect of subsequent change of marital status. - § 15-8.1-807. Effect of subsequent change of marital status. Unless...

Section 15-8.1-808. - Effect of noncompliance, standard of review, remedies. - § 15-8.1-808. Effect of noncompliance, standard of review, remedies. (a)...

Section 15-8.1-809. - Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care costs. - § 15-8.1-809. Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care...

Article 9 - Information About Donor

Section 15-8.1-901. - Definitions. - § 15-8.1-901. Definitions. As used in this article: (1) “Identifying...

Section 15-8.1-902. - Applicability. - § 15-8.1-902. Applicability. This article applies only to gametes collected...

Section 15-8.1-903. - Collection of information about donor. - § 15-8.1-903. Collection of information about donor. (a) A gamete...

Section 15-8.1-904. - Declaration regarding identity disclosure. - § 15-8.1-904. Declaration regarding identity disclosure. (a) A gamete bank...

Section 15-8.1-905. - Disclosure of identifying information and medical history. - § 15-8.1-905. Disclosure of identifying information and medical history. (a)...

Section 15-8.1-906. - Recordkeeping. - § 15-8.1-906. Recordkeeping. (a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic...

Article 10 - Applicability

Section 15-8.1-1001. - Uniformity of application and construction. - § 15-8.1-1001. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and...

Section 15-8.1-1002. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - § 15-8.1-1002. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National...

Section 15-8.1-1003. - Transitional provision. - § 15-8.1-1003. Transitional provision. This chapter applies to a pending...

Section 15-8.1-1004. - Severability. - § 15-8.1-1004. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 15-9 - Support of Children [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]

Section 15-9-1. - Duty of parent to pay support and maintenance to the agency or person having custody of the child. - § 15-9-1. Duty of parent to pay support and maintenance...

Section 15-9-2. - Enforceability. - § 15-9-2. Enforceability. All duties of support and maintenance, including...

Section 15-9-3. - Division of taxation within the department of administration as legal representative — Payment of costs. - § 15-9-3. Division of taxation within the department of administration...

Section 15-9-4. - Severability. - § 15-9-4. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 15-9-5. - Duty of department to parent. - § 15-9-5. Duty of department to parent. (a) Prior to...

Chapter 15-10 - Support of Parents

Section 15-10-1. - Penalty for unreasonable neglect of destitute parents. - § 15-10-1. Penalty for unreasonable neglect of destitute parents. (a)...

Section 15-10-2. - Orders for benefit of parents. - § 15-10-2. Orders for benefit of parents. Before the trial,...

Section 15-10-3. - Director of human services as complainant. - § 15-10-3. Director of human services as complainant. The director...

Section 15-10-4. - Other parties as complainants — Jurisdiction and venue. - § 15-10-4. Other parties as complainants — Jurisdiction and venue....

Section 15-10-5. - Costs paid by state. - § 15-10-5. Costs paid by state. Whenever a complaint under...

Section 15-10-6. - Prosecution of criminal actions. - § 15-10-6. Prosecution of criminal actions. All criminal actions for...

Section 15-10-7. - Right of contribution from other children. - § 15-10-7. Right of contribution from other children. Any child...

Section 15-10-8. - Support for certain patients of nursing facilities. - § 15-10-8. Support for certain patients of nursing facilities. The...

Chapter 15-11 - Reciprocal Enforcement of Support [Repealed.]

Section 15-11-1 - — 15-11-42. Repealed. - § 15-11-1 — 15-11-42. Repealed. History of Section.P.L 1979, ch....

Chapter 15-11.1 - Full Enforcement of Support Obligations

Section 15-11.1-1. - Short title. - § 15-11.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 15-11.1-2. - Definitions. - § 15-11.1-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1)...

Section 15-11.1-3. - Notice. - § 15-11.1-3. Notice. (a) The department may serve notice upon...

Section 15-11.1-4. - Family court compliance hearing. - § 15-11.1-4. Family court compliance hearing. (a) An obligor may...

Section 15-11.1-5. - Automatic stay pending compliance hearing. - § 15-11.1-5. Automatic stay pending compliance hearing. If an obligor...

Section 15-11.1-6. - Certification of noncompliance. - § 15-11.1-6. Certification of noncompliance. (a) The department may certify...

Section 15-11.1-7. - Suspension by board — Notice from board. - § 15-11.1-7. Suspension by board — Notice from board. (a)...

Section 15-11.1-8. - Reporting. - § 15-11.1-8. Reporting. (a) During each renewal period all boards...

Section 15-11.1-9. - Repealed. - § 15-11.1-9. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art....

Section 15-11.1-10. - Rules and regulations. - § 15-11.1-10. Rules and regulations. The department of human services...

Section 15-11.1-11. - Cooperative agreements with boards. - § 15-11.1-11. Cooperative agreements with boards. The department and the...

Section 15-11.1-12. - Severability. - § 15-11.1-12. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 15-12 - Age of Majority

Section 15-12-1. - Persons of full age. - § 15-12-1. Persons of full age. (a) Notwithstanding any general...

Section 15-12-2. - Repealed. - § 15-12-2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 20, §...

Chapter 15-13 - Divorce or Separation Proceedings — Support for Children Receiving Public Assistance

Section 15-13-1. - Determination of children receiving public assistance. - § 15-13-1. Determination of children receiving public assistance. The party...

Section 15-13-2. - Setting of support for children receiving public assistance. - § 15-13-2. Setting of support for children receiving public assistance....

Section 15-13-3. - Reconsideration of support orders. - § 15-13-3. Reconsideration of support orders. (a) Every order entered...

Section 15-13-3.1. - Enforcement procedures. - § 15-13-3.1. Enforcement procedures. (a) In any proceeding brought for...

Section 15-13-3.2. - Transfer of assets. - § 15-13-3.2. Transfer of assets. No person shall proceed to...

Section 15-13-3.3. - Release of execution. - § 15-13-3.3. Release of execution. Any person or the director...

Section 15-13-4. - Severability. - § 15-13-4. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 15-14 - Child Custody [Repealed.]

Section 15-14-1 - — 15-14-26. Repealed. - § 15-14-1 — 15-14-26. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch....

Chapter 15-14.1 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Section 15-14.1-1. - Short title. - § 15-14.1-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 15-14.1-2. - Definitions. - § 15-14.1-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following...

Section 15-14.1-3. - Proceedings governed by other law. - § 15-14.1-3. Proceedings governed by other law. This chapter does...

Section 15-14.1-4. - Application to Indian tribes. - § 15-14.1-4. Application to Indian tribes. (a) A child custody...

Section 15-14.1-5. - International application. - § 15-14.1-5. International application. (a) A court of this state...

Section 15-14.1-6. - Effect of child custody determination. - § 15-14.1-6. Effect of child custody determination. A child custody...

Section 15-14.1-7. - Priority. - § 15-14.1-7. Priority. If a question of existence or exercise...

Section 15-14.1-8. - Notice to persons outside state. - § 15-14.1-8. Notice to persons outside state. (a) Notice required...

Section 15-14.1-9. - Appearance and limited immunity. - § 15-14.1-9. Appearance and limited immunity. (a) A party to...

Section 15-14.1-10. - Communication between courts. - § 15-14.1-10. Communication between courts. (a) A court of this...

Section 15-14.1-11. - Taking testimony in another state. - § 15-14.1-11. Taking testimony in another state. (a) In addition...

Section 15-14.1-12. - Cooperation between courts — Preservation of records. - § 15-14.1-12. Cooperation between courts — Preservation of records. (a)...

Section 15-14.1-13. - Initial child custody jurisdiction. - § 15-14.1-13. Initial child custody jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 15-14.1-14. - Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. - § 15-14.1-14. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise provided,...

Section 15-14.1-15. - Jurisdiction to modify determination. - § 15-14.1-15. Jurisdiction to modify determination. Except as otherwise provided,...

Section 15-14.1-16. - Temporary emergency jurisdiction. - § 15-14.1-16. Temporary emergency jurisdiction. (a) A court of this...

Section 15-14.1-17. - Notice — Opportunity to be heard — Joinder. - § 15-14.1-17. Notice — Opportunity to be heard — Joinder....

Section 15-14.1-18. - Simultaneous proceedings. - § 15-14.1-18. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a...

Section 15-14.1-19. - Inconvenient forum. - § 15-14.1-19. Inconvenient forum. (a) A court of this state...

Section 15-14.1-20. - Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. - § 15-14.1-20. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. (a) Except...

Section 15-14.1-21. - Information to be submitted to court. - § 15-14.1-21. Information to be submitted to court. (a) Subject...

Section 15-14.1-22. - Appearance of parties and child. - § 15-14.1-22. Appearance of parties and child. (a) In a...

Section 15-14.1-23. - Additional definitions in this chapter. - § 15-14.1-23. Additional definitions in this chapter. (1) “Petitioner” means...

Section 15-14.1-24. - Enforcement under Hague Convention. - § 15-14.1-24. Enforcement under Hague Convention. A court of this...

Section 15-14.1-25. - Duty to enforce. - § 15-14.1-25. Duty to enforce. (a) A court of this...

Section 15-14.1-26. - Temporary visitation. - § 15-14.1-26. Temporary visitation. (a) A court of this state...

Section 15-14.1-27. - Registration of child custody determination. - § 15-14.1-27. Registration of child custody determination. (a) A child...

Section 15-14.1-28. - Enforcement of registered determination. - § 15-14.1-28. Enforcement of registered determination. (a) A court of...

Section 15-14.1-29. - Simultaneous proceedings. - § 15-14.1-29. Simultaneous proceedings. If a proceeding for enforcement under...

Section 15-14.1-30. - Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. - § 15-14.1-30. Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. (a) A...

Section 15-14.1-31. - Service of petition and order. - § 15-14.1-31. Service of petition and order. Except as otherwise...

Section 15-14.1-32. - Hearing and order. - § 15-14.1-32. Hearing and order. (a) Unless the court issues...

Section 15-14.1-33. - Warrant to take physical custody of child. - § 15-14.1-33. Warrant to take physical custody of child. (a)...

Section 15-14.1-34. - Costs, fees, and expenses. - § 15-14.1-34. Costs, fees, and expenses. (a) The court may...

Section 15-14.1-35. - Recognition and enforcement. - § 15-14.1-35. Recognition and enforcement. A court of this state...

Section 15-14.1-36. - Appeals. - § 15-14.1-36. Appeals. An appeal may be taken from a...

Section 15-14.1-37. - Role of prosecutor or public official. - § 15-14.1-37. Role of prosecutor or public official. (a) In...

Section 15-14.1-38. - Role of law enforcement. - § 15-14.1-38. Role of law enforcement. At the request of...

Section 15-14.1-39. - Costs and expenses. - § 15-14.1-39. Costs and expenses. If the respondent is not...

Section 15-14.1-40. - Application and construction. - § 15-14.1-40. Application and construction. In applying and construing this...

Section 15-14.1-41. - Severability clause. - § 15-14.1-41. Severability clause. If any provision of this chapter...

Section 15-14.1-42. - Transitional provision. - § 15-14.1-42. Transitional provision. A motion or other request for...

Chapter 15-15 - Domestic Abuse Prevention

Section 15-15-1. - Definitions. - § 15-15-1. Definitions. The following words as used in this...

Section 15-15-2. - Filing of complaint. - § 15-15-2. Filing of complaint. (a) Proceedings under this chapter...

Section 15-15-3. - Protective orders — Penalty — Jurisdiction. - § 15-15-3. Protective orders — Penalty — Jurisdiction. (a) A...

Section 15-15-4. - Temporary orders — Ex parte proceedings. - § 15-15-4. Temporary orders — Ex parte proceedings. (a)(1) Upon...

Section 15-15-4.1. - Return of service/alternate service. - § 15-15-4.1. Return of service/alternate service. (a) The complaint and...

Section 15-15-5. - Duties of police officers. - § 15-15-5. Duties of police officers. (a) Whenever any police...

Section 15-15-6. - Form of complaint. - § 15-15-6. Form of complaint. (a) A form in substantially...

Section 15-15-7. - Notice of penalty. - § 15-15-7. Notice of penalty. Each protective order issued under...

Section 15-15-8. - Repealed. - § 15-15-8. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 168, §...

Chapter 15-15.1 - The Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act

Section 15-15.1-1. - Short title. - § 15-15.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 15-15.1-2. - Definitions. - § 15-15.1-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Court”...

Section 15-15.1-3. - Judicial enforcement of order. - § 15-15.1-3. Judicial enforcement of order. (a) A person authorized...

Section 15-15.1-4. - Nonjudicial enforcement of order. - § 15-15.1-4. Nonjudicial enforcement of order. (a) A law enforcement...

Section 15-15.1-4.1. - Form of certification or confirmation. - § 15-15.1-4.1. Form of certification or confirmation. A form in...

Section 15-15.1-5. - Registration of order. - § 15-15.1-5. Registration of order. (a) Any individual may register...

Section 15-15.1-6. - Immunity. - § 15-15.1-6. Immunity. The state or a local governmental agency,...

Section 15-15.1-7. - Other remedies. - § 15-15.1-7. Other remedies. A protected individual who pursues remedies...

Section 15-15.1-8. - Uniformity of application and construction. - § 15-15.1-8. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and...

Section 15-15.1-9. - Severability. - § 15-15.1-9. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 15-16 - Income Withholding

Section 15-16-1. - Purpose. - § 15-16-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 15-16-2. - Definitions. - § 15-16-2. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, except as...

Section 15-16-3. - Remedies additional. - § 15-16-3. Remedies additional. The income withholding remedy provided in...

Section 15-16-4. - Income withholding agency. - § 15-16-4. Income withholding agency. The division of taxation within...

Section 15-16-5. - Requirement of income withholding — Support orders issued in this state or other jurisdictions. - § 15-16-5. Requirement of income withholding — Support orders issued...

Section 15-16-5.1. - Immediate income withholding — Support orders issued or modified on or after January 1, 1994. - § 15-16-5.1. Immediate income withholding — Support orders issued or...

Section 15-16-6. - Notice to obligor. - § 15-16-6. Notice to obligor. The notice to the obligor...

Section 15-16-7. - Income withholding by withholding agency — Registry — Judicial review. - § 15-16-7. Income withholding by withholding agency — Registry —...

Section 15-16-8. - Contesting withholding. - § 15-16-8. Contesting withholding. An obligor may request a family...

Section 15-16-9. - Income withholding order — Service — Effectiveness — Contents. - § 15-16-9. Income withholding order — Service — Effectiveness —...

Section 15-16-10. - Duties and liabilities of withholding agent. - § 15-16-10. Duties and liabilities of withholding agent. (a) An...

Section 15-16-11. - Duration — Modification or revocation of order. - § 15-16-11. Duration — Modification or revocation of order. (a)...

Section 15-16-12. - Allocation of amounts withheld — Refunds — Distribution. - § 15-16-12. Allocation of amounts withheld — Refunds — Distribution....

Section 15-16-13. - Registering support orders of another jurisdiction for purposes of income withholding. - § 15-16-13. Registering support orders of another jurisdiction for purposes...

Section 15-16-14. - Voluntary income withholding. - § 15-16-14. Voluntary income withholding. The obligor of a support...

Section 15-16-15. - Initiation of income withholding with other jurisdictions. - § 15-16-15. Initiation of income withholding with other jurisdictions. (a)...

Section 15-16-16. - Severability. - § 15-16-16. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

Section 15-17-1. - Definitions. - § 15-17-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Premarital...

Section 15-17-2. - Formalities. - § 15-17-2. Formalities. (a) A premarital agreement must be in...

Section 15-17-3. - Content. - § 15-17-3. Content. (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may...

Section 15-17-4. - Effective upon marriage. - § 15-17-4. Effective upon marriage. A premarital agreement becomes effective...

Section 15-17-5. - Amendment — Revocation. - § 15-17-5. Amendment — Revocation. (a) After marriage, a premarital...

Section 15-17-6. - Enforcement. - § 15-17-6. Enforcement. (a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable...

Section 15-17-7. - Enforcement — Void marriage. - § 15-17-7. Enforcement — Void marriage. If a marriage is...

Section 15-17-8. - Limitation of actions. - § 15-17-8. Limitation of actions. Any statute of limitations applicable...

Section 15-17-9. - Applicability and construction. - § 15-17-9. Applicability and construction. This chapter shall be applied...

Section 15-17-10. - Short title. - § 15-17-10. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 15-17-11. - Severability. - § 15-17-11. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support

Section 15-18-1. - Legislative findings. - § 15-18-1. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds and declares...

Section 15-18-2. - Establishment — Purpose. - § 15-18-2. Establishment — Purpose. There is established a commission...

Section 15-18-3. - Membership. - § 15-18-3. Membership. (a) The commission shall consist of fifteen...

Section 15-18-4. - Technical assistance. - § 15-18-4. Technical assistance. All departments and agencies of the...

Section 15-18-5. - Reports and recommendations. - § 15-18-5. Reports and recommendations. The commission shall report to...

Section 15-18-6. - Place of meeting. - § 15-18-6. Place of meeting. The speaker of the house...

Chapter 15-19 - Child Support Security Deposit Act

Section 15-19-1. - Short title. - § 15-19-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 15-19-2. - Order for deposit of assets to secure future support payments. - § 15-19-2. Order for deposit of assets to secure future...

Chapter 15-20 - Child Support Notification

Section 15-20-1. - Notification to and by employer. - § 15-20-1. Notification to and by employer. (a) With respect...

Section 15-20-2. - Duty of obligor parent to notify department. - § 15-20-2. Duty of obligor parent to notify department. (a)...

Section 15-20-3. - Penalties. - § 15-20-3. Penalties. Failure by an obligor parent to comply...

Section 15-20-4. - Duty of parent to notify department — Residence. - § 15-20-4. Duty of parent to notify department — Residence....

Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act

Section 15-21-1. - Arrearages — Collection procedures. - § 15-21-1. Arrearages — Collection procedures. (a) The department of...

Section 15-21-2. - Creation of lien. - § 15-21-2. Creation of lien. (a) A child support obligation...

Section 15-21-3. - Notice. - § 15-21-3. Notice. (a)(1) Notice. When the department of administration,...

Section 15-21-4. - Notice of lien. - § 15-21-4. Notice of lien. (a) To perfect a lien...

Section 15-21-5. - Levy of personal property. - § 15-21-5. Levy of personal property. (a) In any case...

Section 15-21-6. - Release from liability. - § 15-21-6. Release from liability. (a) Any person in possession...

Section 15-21-7. - Foreclosure of lien against real property. - § 15-21-7. Foreclosure of lien against real property. (a) If...

Section 15-21-8. - Civil actions not precluded. - § 15-21-8. Civil actions not precluded. (a) In any case...

Section 15-21-9. - Written notice to obligor. - § 15-21-9. Written notice to obligor. At the time of...

Section 15-21-10. - Judicial review. - § 15-21-10. Judicial review. Any person aggrieved by a determination...

Section 15-21-11. - Full faith and credit of liens. - § 15-21-11. Full faith and credit of liens. A lien...

Chapter 15-22 - Exchange of Information in Support of Child Support Collection

Section 15-22-1. - Access to information. - § 15-22-1. Access to information. (a) The department of human...

Section 15-22-2. - Financial institution data matches. - § 15-22-2. Financial institution data matches. The department of administration,...

Section 15-22-3. - Administrative subpoena. - § 15-22-3. Administrative subpoena. (a) The department of administration, division...

Section 15-22-4. - Personal data — Purposes for which disclosure permitted — Safeguards — Exceptions — Unauthorized inspection or disclosure — Penalties. - § 15-22-4. Personal data — Purposes for which disclosure permitted...

Section 15-22-5. - Disclosure of personal data prohibited — Petition for disclosure — Motion to seal court files — Determination of harm — Limited disclosure. - § 15-22-5. Disclosure of personal data prohibited — Petition for...

Chapter 15-23 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [Repealed.]

Section 15-23-1 - — 15-23-53. Repealed. - § 15-23-1 — 15-23-53. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch....

Chapter 15-23.1 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Article 1 - General Provisions

Section 15-23.1-100. - Short title. - § 15-23.1-100. Short title. This act shall be known and...

Section 15-23.1-101. - Definitions. - § 15-23.1-101. Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Child” means an...

Section 15-23.1-102. - State tribunals and support enforcement agency. - § 15-23.1-102. State tribunals and support enforcement agency. (a) The...

Section 15-23.1-103. - Remedies cumulative. - § 15-23.1-103. Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by this chapter...

Section 15-23.1-104. - Application of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - § 15-23.1-104. Application of this chapter to resident of foreign...

Article 2 - Jurisdiction

Section 15-23.1-201. - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - § 15-23.1-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In proceeding...

Section 15-23.1-202. - Duration of personal jurisdiction. - § 15-23.1-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by...

Section 15-23.1-203. - Initiating and responding tribunal of state. - § 15-23.1-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this...

Section 15-23.1-204. - Simultaneous proceedings. - § 15-23.1-204. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this state...

Section 15-23.1-205. - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. - § 15-23.1-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order....

Section 15-23.1-206. - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. - § 15-23.1-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (a)...

Section 15-23.1-207. - Determination of controlling child support order. - § 15-23.1-207. Determination of controlling child support order. (a) If...

Section 15-23.1-208. - Child-support orders for two or more obligees. - § 15-23.1-208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees. In...

Section 15-23.1-209. - Credit for payments. - § 15-23.1-209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this state...

Section 15-23.1-210. - Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - § 15-23.1-210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal...

Section 15-23.1-211. - Continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order. - § 15-23.1-211. Continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order. (a)...

Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application

Section 15-23.1-301. - Proceedings under this chapter. - § 15-23.1-301. Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 15-23.1-302. - Proceeding by minor parent. - § 15-23.1-302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or...

Section 15-23.1-303. - Application of law of this state. - § 15-23.1-303. Application of law of this state. Except as...

Section 15-23.1-304. - Duties of initiating tribunal. - § 15-23.1-304. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing...

Section 15-23.1-305. - Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - § 15-23.1-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When...

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