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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-15 > Chapter-15-5 > 15-5-10SECTION 15-5-10
§ 15-5-10 Disposal of certain real estateafter filing of complaint. – At any time after the filing of a complaint for divorce from bed, board, andfuture cohabitation, and until a decree of reconciliation has been entered, thecourt, upon the petition of either party seized in his or her own right of realestate in Rhode Island, after notice to the opposing party, after a hearing onthe petition, may, if the court finds that justice and the best interests ofthe party require, enter a decree permitting the party to sell, mortgage, orotherwise dispose of the real estate free of the rights of life estates createdby chapter 25 of title 33 of the opposing party. The decree shall contain adescription of the real estate sufficient to identify it either by reference toa recorded plat or otherwise, and a certified copy of the decree shall berecorded in the records of land evidence of the city or town in which the realestate is located.
