Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-8.1 - Uniform Parentage Act

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...

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Rhode Island General Laws Title 15 - Domestic Relations Chapter 15-8.1 - Uniform Parentage Act

Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-8.1 - Uniform Parentage Act