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- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-6 · Benefits, protections, and responsibilities.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-7 · References and inclusions.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-8 · Reciprocity.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-9 · Dissolution of civil unions.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-10 · Requirement of department of health — Civil unions.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-11 · Severability.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-12 · Merger of civil union into marriage by action of the parties.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-13 · Recognized date of marriage.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-1 · Ownership of separate property.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-2 · Receipt of property and release of debts by married woman.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-3 · Power to contract.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-4 · Conveyance of property to or from husband or other persons.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-5 · Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-6 · Release of interest.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-7 · Testamentary power.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-8 · Rights of spouses in real estate.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-9 · Trade or business — Partnership with husband.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-10 · Power to act as fiduciary.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-11 · Agent for husband — Husband as agent.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-12 · Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-13 · Liability of property to attachment and levy — Liens.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-14 · Proceeding by or against married woman.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-15 · Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-16 · Property of absent or imprisoned husband.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-17 · Abolition of interspousal immunity.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-1 · Marriages void or voidable — Civil death or presumption of death.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-2 · Additional grounds for divorce.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-3 · Separation of parties as ground for dissolution — Appeal.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-3.1 · Divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-4 · Collusion of parties.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-5 · Uncorroborated testimony of complainant.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-6 — 15-5-8 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-9 · Divorce from bed and board.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-10 · Disposal of certain real estate after filing of complaint.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-11 · Verification of complaint.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-12 · Domicile and residence requirements.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-13 · Venue.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-14 · Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance of process — Time of hearing.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-14.1 · Automatic orders in divorce cases.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-15 · Orders as to notice.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16 · Alimony and counsel fees — Custody of children.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.1 · Assignment of property.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.1.1 · Deferment of sale of home.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.2 · Child support.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.2.1 · Credit rating.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.2.2 · Service of court papers at work.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.2.3 · Continuances — Compensation for lost wages.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.2.4 · Retroactive modification of child support.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.2.5 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.3 · Allowance regarded as judgment for debt.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.4 · Judgment assigning real property — Effect.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.5 · Interest on arrearages.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.6 · Security, bond, or guarantee to secure payment of overdue support.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.7 · Review of child support orders.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-17 · Change of name.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-18 · Interlocutory decrees and injunctions.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-19 · Restraining orders — Treatment for harmed or menaced spouse — Custody of children — Allowances — Alimony and counsel fees.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-19.1 · Restraining orders — Notification of local authorities — Notice of penalty.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-20 · Service on or notice to defendant.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-21 · Service by publication — Jurisdiction acquired.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-22 · Trial required — Collusion.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-23 · Final judgment — Remarriage.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24 · Support — Wage assignment procedures.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24.1 · Visitation rights of grandparents.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24.2 · Visitation rights of grandparents whose child is denied or has failed to exercise rights.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24.3 · Visitation rights — Grandparents and siblings.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24.4 · Sibling visitation rights.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24.5 · Court ordered visitation rights to certain persons convicted of first degree murder — Prohibited.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-25 · Application for wage withholding — Obligor in arrears.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-26 · Duties and liabilities of employer under income assignment order or order for wage withholding.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-27 · Order for wage withholding — Duration.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-28 · Judgment or order as lien on property — Duration — Effect.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-29 · Mediation proceedings involving custody and/or visitation.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-30 · Custody of domestic companion animals — Pets.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-6-1 · Short title.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-6-2 · Ex parte divorce in another state between parties resident in this state.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-6-3 · Prima facie evidence of continued domicile in state.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-6-4 · Uniformity of construction.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-1 · Repealed.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-2 · Report, investigation, and hearing on placement of child for adoption.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-2.1 · Pre-adoption report on child placed for adoption.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-3 · Report, investigation, and hearing on child brought into state for adoption.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-4 · Petition to adopt — Court having jurisdiction.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-5 · Consent required.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-5.1 · Contact preference form information.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-6 · Waiver of parents’ right to consent — Guardianship of agency.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-7 · Termination of parental rights.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-7.1 · Court proceedings.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-7.2 · Mediation of termination of parental rights.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-8 · Notice to parents — Notice when no parent living or when parent in mental institution.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-9 · Notice to parent whose whereabouts unknown.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-10 · Consent of minor parents.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-11 · Investigation and report as to adoptive home.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-12 · Trial period of residence.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-13 · Consideration of religion of child or parents.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-14 · Decree of adoption.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-14.1 · Decree of open adoption.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-15 · Decree of change of name.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-16 · Inheritance by and from adoptive kindred.
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-7-17 · Rights of natural parents terminated — Inheritance by child from natural parents.