§ 15-5-16.4 - Judgment assigning real property – Effect. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-5-16.4

   § 15-5-16.4  Judgment assigning realproperty – Effect. – Whenever the assignment of real property is ordered by the family courtpursuant to § 15-5-16.1 and the court directs that a deed, conveyance, orrelease of any real estate or interest in real estate shall be made, thejudgment shall create an equitable right to its enforcement, subject to theprovisions for recording of notice in chapter 13 of title 34, in the partyentitled to the assignment by judgment; and if the judgment has not beencomplied with at the time the judgment of divorce becomes final and thejudgment is subsequently recorded in the manner provided for in chapter 13 oftitle 34, then the judgment shall operate to vest title to the real estate orinterest in the real estate in the party entitled to it by the judgment asfully and completely as if the deed, conveyance, or release had been dulyexecuted by the party directed to make it.