2021 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-8.1 - Uniform Parentage Act [Effective January 1, 2021]
Section 15-8.1-106 - Notice of proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

(a) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, an individual filing a proceeding to adjudicate parentage pursuant to this chapter shall give notice of the proceeding to adjudicate parentage to the following:

(1) The individual who gave birth to the child unless a court has adjudicated that the individual is not a parent;

(2) An individual who is a parent of the child under this chapter;

(3) A presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent of the child;

(4) A person whose parentage of the child is to be adjudicated; and

(5) The office of child support services, in cases in which either party is a recipient of public assistance benefits from the department of human services and has assigned the right to child support, or in cases in which either party has requested the services of the office of child support services.

(b) An individual entitled to notice under subsection (a) of this section and the office of child support services, where the office is involved pursuant to subsection (a)(5) of this section, has a right to intervene in the proceeding.

(c) Lack of notice required under subsection (a) of this section shall not render a judgment void. Lack of notice shall not preclude an individual entitled to notice under subsection (a) of this section from bringing a proceeding pursuant to this chapter.

(d) Notice of complaints for orders of parentage under § 15-8.1-804 shall be as required in § 15-8.1-804.

(e) Donors, as defined in § 15-8.1-102, are not entitled to notice.

History of Section.
P.L. 2020, ch. 59, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 60, § 2.