Title 15
Domestic Relations

Chapter 8.1
Uniform Parentage Act

Article 4
Presumed Parentage

R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-8.1-403

§ 15-8.1-403. Multiple presumptions or conflicting claims.

(a) If two (2) or more conflicting presumptions arise under this chapter, the court shall adjudicate parentage pursuant to § 15-8.1-206.

(b) If in a proceeding to adjudicate a presumed parent’s parentage of a child, another individual, in addition to the individual who gave birth to the child, asserts a claim to parentage of the child, the court shall adjudicate parentage pursuant to § 15-8.1-206.

History of Section.
P.L. 2020, ch. 59, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 60, § 2.