Links for Rhode Island

Residency and Filing Requirements for Rhode Island

Rhode Island has particular residency requirements for filing a divorce action. The residency requirements must be met when the case is filed. If you don't meet the requirements, the court will lack jurisdiction over the case and will not accept it or will dismiss it.

If the residency requirements are not met, you must either wait until you meet the requirements or file your divorce in another state where you do meet the requirements.

[Residency requirements coming soon.]

Grounds for Divorce for Rhode Island

You must state the grounds for your Rhode Island divorce in either the petition or complaint, which is the first divorce form filed with the court. In Rhode Island, the appropriate grounds for a divorce are the grounds the filing party believes it can prove in a court hearing or grounds that both parties can agree on and can establish in court.

The Rhode Island court has power to divorce a couple from the bond of matrimony on the following grounds:

[Grounds coming soon.]

Filing Spouse's Title

[Coming soon.]

Non-Filing Spouse's Title

[Coming soon.]