{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-4-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-9","heading":"Trade or business — Partnership with husband.","body":"A married woman may carry on any trade or business as if she were single and unmarried; but her husband shall not be liable for her debts, contracts, or torts from that trade or business. A husband and wife may be partners in a trading or any other type of partnership.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 4 Married Women’s Rights"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-4/15-4-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:34Z","sha256":"c42c35f0f687cb3a940a90e7f6eec897f162688005c3b84c14e2ed0c2d31c61b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-4-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-4-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}