This state shall give full faith and credit to a determination of parentage and to an acknowledgment of parentage from another state if the determination or acknowledgment is valid and effective in accordance with the law of the other state.
Full faith and credit
R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-8.1-115., under Chapter 15-8.1 Uniform Parentage Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-8.1-115.