2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-3.1 - Civil Unions
Chapter 15-3.1-2 - Eligibility.
§ 15-3.1-2 Eligibility. – Persons shall be eligible to enter into a civil union only if both such persons are:
(1) At least eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Of the same sex;
(3) Not a party to another civil union or a spouse in a marriage with any other person;
(4) Not in a family relationship within the degrees stated in Rhode Island general laws § 15-1-1 or § 15-1-2; and
(5) Neither person is mentally incompetent at the time of the civil union.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2011, ch. 198, § 1.)
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