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2015 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-6 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act
Section 15-6-2 - Ex parte divorce in another state between parties resident in this state.

RI Gen L § 15-6-2 (2015) What's This?

§ 15-6-2 Ex parte divorce in another state between parties resident in this state. – A divorce from the bonds of matrimony obtained in another jurisdiction in ex parte proceedings shall be of no force or effect in this state, if both parties to the marriage were domiciled in this state at the time that the proceeding for the divorce was commenced.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1949, ch. 2268, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-6-2.)

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