Rhode Island Statutes
§ 15-4-12 — § 15-4-12. Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.
Rhode Island § 15-4-12
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Bluebook
R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-12 (2026).
Text
§ 15-4-12. Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.
The husband shall not be liable by reason of the marital relation:
(1)for any contract
made or for any tort committed by his wife prior to their marriage;
(2)for any contract
made after marriage by his wife;
(3)for torts committed by his wife after marriage,
unless he participates in them or coerces her to do so. The wife or her property shall
not be liable for the contracts or the torts of her husband.
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Legislative History
G.L. 1896, ch. 194, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 246, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 290, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 417, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 15-4-12.
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Rhode Island § 15-4-12, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ri/15-4-12.