§ 15-7-21.1 - Challenge to decree. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-7-21.1

   § 15-7-21.1  Challenge to decree. –(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a decree of adoptionor a termination of a parent's right to give or withhold consent for adoptionshall not be subject to a challenge or petition to reverse unless the challengeor petition is filed in the family court within one hundred eighty (180) daysafter the decree or order is entered.

   (b) In the event a challenge is brought within the onehundred eighty (180) day period by an individual whose parental relationship toan adoptee is terminated, or by any individual who is asserting a parentalrelationship to the adoptee, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, thefamily court shall deny the challenge unless the court finds by clear andconvincing evidence that the decree or order is not in the best interest of theadoptee.