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...

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 Repealed.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 Repealed.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,...