{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-8.1-305","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-8.1-305","heading":"Equivalent to adjudication, no ratification required.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in §§ 15-8.1-307 and 15-8.1-308, a valid acknowledgment of parentage under § 15-8.1-301, filed with the department of vital records, is equivalent to an adjudication of parentage of a child and confers upon the acknowledged parent all of the rights and duties of a parent.\n(b) Judicial or administrative ratification is neither permitted nor required for an unrescinded or unchallenged acknowledgment of parentage.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in §§ 15-8.1-307 and 15-8.1-308, a valid denial of parentage under § 15-8.1-303, filed with the department of vital records, in conjunction with a valid acknowledgment of parentage under § 15-8.1-301, is equivalent to an adjudication of the nonparentage of the presumed parent or alleged genetic parent and discharges the presumed parent or alleged genetic parent from all rights and duties of a parent.\n(d) A signatory of an acknowledgment of parentage may rescind or challenge the acknowledgment in accordance with §§ 15-8.1-307 through 15-8.1-309.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 8.1 Uniform Parentage Act","Article 3 Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-8.1/15-3/15-8.1-305.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:36Z","sha256":"ce352deee6029d30f651b8b254dbba761fdd77ff3a111e3df75139c00ad465e3","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-8.1-304","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-8.1-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}