{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-3.1-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-2","heading":"Eligibility.","body":"Persons shall be eligible to enter into a civil union only if both such persons are:\n(1) At least eighteen (18) years of age;\n(2) Of the same sex;\n(3) Not a party to another civil union or a spouse in a marriage with any other person;\n(4) Not in a family relationship within the degrees stated in Rhode Island general laws § 15-1-1 or § 15-1-2; and\n(5) Neither person is mentally incompetent at the time of the civil union.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 3.1 Civil Unions"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-3.1/15-3.1-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:34Z","sha256":"28c70206ef4ec9a7f1101629a89b39b40065320bb7ee9eee87a497b355f6be55","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-3.1-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-3.1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}