Divorces from the bond of marriage shall be decreed in case of any marriage originally void or voidable by law, and in case either party is for crime deemed to be or treated as if civilly dead, or, from absence or other circumstances, may be presumed to be actually dead.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-1
Marriages void or voidable — Civil death or presumption of death
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cavanagh v. Cavanagh (1986)
Most recently applied in Cavanagh v. Cavanagh (March 1986)
G.L. 1896, ch. 195, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 247, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 291, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 416, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-5-1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.