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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-15 > Chapter-15-1 > 15-1-5SECTION 15-1-5
§ 15-1-5 Bigamous marriages void –Marriage of persons who are mentally incompetent. – Any marriage, when either of the parties at the time of the marriage has aformer wife or husband living who has not been, by final decree, divorced fromthat party, and any marriage where either of the parties is mentallyincompetent at the time of the marriage, shall be absolutely void, and no lifeestate created by chapter 25 of title 33 shall be assigned to any widow inconsequence of the marriage.
