Rhode Island Divorce Law

15 Jun Rhode Island Divorce Law

According to Rhode Island divorce law, to file for a dissolution of marriage in RI, residency conditions must be met for the court to admit the case. If the court determines it does not have jurisdiction to hear the matter, it will not be admitted, or it will eventually be dropped. The requirements are as follows:

No complaint about divorce from the bond of marriage shall be granted unless the plaintiff has been a domiciled citizen of the state of Rhode Island and has lived in this state for a duration of one year or more before the filing of the complaint.

The divorce should be filed in the county and state in which the plaintiff lives or in the county in which the defendant lives if he or she meets the one-year residency condition. (Rhode Island Divorce Law – Title 15, Chapter 15-5-12)

Rhode Island divorce law says the accusation for a divorce must state the relevant Rhode Island terms upon which the dissolution of marriage is being explored. The proper legal ground will be that which the parties consent upon and can build a ground for filing on. Those filing grounds mean in which the filing mate aspires to establish to the court. The grounds for divorce are as follows:

A divorce from the bonds of wedlock shall be declared for the following two reasons. Irrespective of the fault of either party:

Rhode Island Divorce Law Fault and No-Fault

No-Fault:
(1) Incompatible differences which have caused the malfunction of the marriage. (2) Living separate and isolated without cohabitation for three years.

Fault:
(1) Adultery; (2) Impotency; (3) Willful abandonment for five years of either of the parties, or for willful departure for a shorter period of time in the discretion of the court; (4) Extreme persecution; (5) The chronic, excessive, and intemperate use of opium, morphine, or chloral; (6) Continued alcoholism; (7) Any other gross misconduct and wickedness, in either of the parties, repugnant to and in violation of the marriage covenant. And (8) Neglect and dissent, for the period of at least one year
and before the filing of the request, on the part of the husband to provide necessaries for the support of his wife, the husband being of sufficient ability; (Rhode Island Divorce Law – Title 15, Chapters 15-5-2 15-5-3, 15-5-3.1 1505-5)