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2021 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-8.1 - Uniform Parentage Act [Effective January 1, 2021]
- Section 15-8.1-101 - Short title. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-102 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-103 - Scope and application. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-104 - Parentage proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-105 - Standing to maintain proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-106 - Notice of proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-107 - Personal jurisdiction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-108 - Venue. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-109 - Joinder of proceedings. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-110 - Orders. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-111 - Admission of parentage authorized. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-112 - Order on default. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-113 - Order adjudicating parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-114 - Binding effect of determination of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-115 - Full faith and credit. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-201 - Recognized parents. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-202 - Nondiscrimination. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-203 - Consequences of establishment of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-204 - Determination of maternity and paternity. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-205 - No limitation on child. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-206 - Adjudicating competing claims of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-301 - Acknowledgment of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-302 - Acknowledgment of parentage void. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-303 - Denial of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-304 - Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-305 - Equivalent to adjudication, no ratification required. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-306 - Waiver of filing fee. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-307 - Timing of rescission. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-308 - Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for rescission. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-309 - Procedure for rescission or challenge. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-310 - Forms for acknowledgment and denial of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-311 - Release of information. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-312 - Adoption of rules. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-401 - Presumption of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-402 - Challenge to presumed parent. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-403 - Multiple presumptions or conflicting claims. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-501 - Adjudication. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-502 - Complaint. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-601 - Scope. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-602 - Requirements for genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-603 - Authority to order or deny genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-604 - Genetic testing results. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-605 - Report of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-606 - Admissibility of results of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-607 - Additional genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-608 - Adjudication of parentage of child with alleged genetic parent. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-609 - Costs of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-610 - Deceased individual. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-611 - Confidentiality of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-612 - Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-613 - Past liabilities. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-701 - Scope. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-702 - Parental status of donor. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-703 - Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-704 - Consent to assisted reproduction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-705 - Limitation on spouse's dispute of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-706 - Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-707 - Parental status of a deceased individual. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-708 - Parentage orders of children born of assisted reproduction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-709 - Laboratory error. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-801 - Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-802 - Gestational carrier agreement. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-803 - Parental rights and responsibilities. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-804 - Birth orders. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-805 - Jurisdiction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-806 - Termination of gestational carrier agreement. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-807 - Effect of subsequent change of marital status. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-808 - Effect of noncompliance, standard of review, remedies. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-809 - Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care costs. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-901 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-902 - Applicability. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-903 - Collection of information about donor. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-904 - Declaration regarding identity disclosure. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-905 - Disclosure of identifying information and medical history. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-906 - Recordkeeping. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-1001 - Uniformity of application and construction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-1002 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-1003 - Transitional provision. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
- Section 15-8.1-1004 - Severability. [Effective January 1, 2021.]
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