Rhode Island § 33-1-8 § 33-1-8. Children born out of wedlock.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 33-1-8 — § 33-1-8. Children born out of wedlock.

Rhode Island § 33-1-8

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-1Rules of Descent

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-8 (2026).

Text

§ 33-1-8. Children born out of wedlock.
A child born out of wedlock shall be capable of inheriting or transmitting inheritance
            on the part of his or her mother and father in like manner as if born in lawful wedlock.
            Any such child whose parents shall lawfully intermarry and shall acknowledge him or
            her as their child shall be deemed legitimate.
         

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Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 939; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 7; P.L. 1926, ch. 855, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 33-1-8; P.L. 1986, ch. 194, § 1.