{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-17-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-17-3","heading":"Content.","body":"(a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:\n(1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;\n(2) The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;\n(3) The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;\n(4) The modification or elimination of spousal support;\n(5) The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;\n(6) The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;\n(7) The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and\n(8) Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, which are not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.\n(b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 17 Uniform Premarital Agreement Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-17/15-17-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:38Z","sha256":"b017b6503799af3fc473335d898e71a6ef818203f5699fa835d17eb3e6300dc5","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-17-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-17-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}