Statutes > Rhode Island Statutes > Title 15 - Domestic Relations > CHAPTER 15-4 - Married Women's Rights > § 15-4-17 - Abolition of interspousal immunity.

§ 15-4-17 - Abolition of interspousal immunity.

SECTION 15-4-17

   § 15-4-17  Abolition of interspousalimmunity. – No cause of action shall be barred on the ground that the parties are marriedor were married at the time that the cause of action accrued. The common-lawdoctrine of interspousal immunity is explicitly and totally abrogated.