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§ 15-4-17 — § 15-4-17. Abolition of interspousal immunity.

Rhode Island § 15-4-17
JurisdictionRhode Island
Title 15Domestic Relations
Ch. 15-4Married Women’s Rights

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-4-17 (2026).

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§ 15-4-17. Abolition of interspousal immunity.

No cause of action shall be barred on the ground that the parties are married or were married at the time that the cause of action accrued. The common-law doctrine of interspousal immunity is explicitly and totally abrogated.

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Legislative History

P.L. 1987, ch. 124, § 1.

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