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Rhode Island Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | 15-1-1, et. seq. |
| Grounds for Annulment | No statutory provision for annulment |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | - |
| Legitimacy of Children | - |
| Prohibited Marriages | Bigamous; marriage where either party is mentally incompetent at time of marriage absolutely void; between ancestor and descendant, stepparent and stepchild, parent-in-law and son- or daughter-in-law; parent or parent-in-law and son- or daughter-in-law, brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew; special exceptions for Jewish marriages allowed by Jewish religious law |
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