§ 15-4-16 - Property of absent or imprisoned husband. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-4-16

   § 15-4-16  Property of absent or imprisonedhusband. – Whenever a husband has abandoned his wife and been absent from the state forthe period of one year or more, or whenever the husband is condemned toimprisonment for one year or more, the wife may petition the superior court,wherever sitting, setting forth these facts. Upon satisfactory proof of thesefacts on hearing, after any notice that the court shall have required to begiven, the court may order that the petitioner may have the rents and income ofthe property, both real and personal, of the absentee or party imprisoned, andthe rents and income shall be applied to the support of the petitioner andtheir minor children until further order of the court. Control and managementshall be exercised through the intervention of a trustee appointed by thecourt; or, if the property is less than three hundred dollars ($300) in value,the whole or any part of the property may be set over to the petitionerabsolutely.