{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-3-19","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-3-19","heading":"Domestic partner — Definition.","body":"For purposes of this chapter, “domestic partner” shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedent’s death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies by affidavit that their relationship met the following qualifications:\n(1) Both partners were at least eighteen (18) years of age and were mentally competent to contract;\n(2) Neither partner was married to anyone else;\n(3) Partners were not related by blood to a degree which would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island;\n(4) Partners resided together and had resided together for at least one year at the time of death; and\n(5) Partners were financially interdependent as evidenced by at least two (2) of the following:\n(i) Domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract;\n(ii) Joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence;\n(iii) Two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B) joint checking account; (C) joint credit account; (D) joint lease; and/or\n(iv) The domestic partner had been designated as a beneficiary for the decedent’s will, retirement contract or life insurance.","path":["Title 8 Courts and Civil Procedure — Courts","Chapter 3 Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE8/8-3/8-3-19.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:52Z","sha256":"9fe6a49ad8ec8c65f12429a634058ffca7317d8a55b3af80bd9a5f28a8196636","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-3-18","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-3-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}