Rhode Island § 15-5-16.4 § 15-5-16.4. Judgment assigning real property — Effect.

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§ 15-5-16.4 — § 15-5-16.4. Judgment assigning real property — Effect.

Rhode Island § 15-5-16.4

Title 15Domestic Relations

Ch. 15-5Divorce and Separation

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.4 (2026).

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§ 15-5-16.4. Judgment assigning real property — Effect.
Whenever the assignment of real property is ordered by the family court pursuant to
            § 15-5-16.1 and the court directs that a deed, conveyance, or release of any real estate or interest
            in real estate shall be made, the judgment shall create an equitable right to its
            enforcement, subject to the provisions for recording of notice in chapter 13 of title 34, in the party entitled to the assignment by judgment; and if the judgment has not
            been complied with at the time the judgment of divorce becomes final and the judgment
            is subsequently recorded in the manner provided for in chapter 13 of title 34, then the j

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§ 15-5-16.4. Judgment assigning real property — Effect.

Whenever the assignment of real property is ordered by the family court pursuant to § 15-5-16.1 and the court directs that a deed, conveyance, or release of any real estate or interest in real estate shall be made, the judgment shall create an equitable right to its enforcement, subject to the provisions for recording of notice in chapter 13 of title 34, in the party entitled to the assignment by judgment; and if the judgment has not been complied with at the time the judgment of divorce becomes final and the judgment is subsequently recorded in the manner provided for in chapter 13 of title 34, then the judgment shall operate to vest title to the real estate or interest in the real estate in the party entitled to it by the judgment as fully and completely as if the deed, conveyance, or release had been duly executed by the party directed to make it.