Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts
Chapter 8-10 - Family Court

Section 8-10-1. - Short title. - § 8-10-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 8-10-2. - Purpose of chapter. - § 8-10-2. Purpose of chapter. This chapter shall be liberally...

Section 8-10-3. - Establishment of court — Jurisdiction — Seal — Oaths. - § 8-10-3. Establishment of court — Jurisdiction — Seal —...

Section 8-10-3.1. - Magistrates — Appointment, duties, and powers. - § 8-10-3.1. Magistrates — Appointment, duties, and powers. (a) The...

Section 8-10-3.2. - General magistrate of the family court. - § 8-10-3.2. General magistrate of the family court. (a) There...

Section 8-10-4. - Criminal cases referred to family court. - § 8-10-4. Criminal cases referred to family court. To the...

Section 8-10-5. - Attempts at reconciliation by family court. - § 8-10-5. Attempts at reconciliation by family court. In all...

Section 8-10-6. - Notice to department of human services. - § 8-10-6. Notice to department of human services. The clerk...

Section 8-10-7. - Family counselling service. - § 8-10-7. Family counselling service. Within the family court there...

Section 8-10-8. - Medical, psychological, and other expert assistance. - § 8-10-8. Medical, psychological, and other expert assistance. The department...

Section 8-10-9. - Assistance of services of department of corrections. - § 8-10-9. Assistance of services of department of corrections. (a)...

Section 8-10-10. - Family court registry. - § 8-10-10. Family court registry. Within the family court there...

Section 8-10-11. - Repealed. - § 8-10-11. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-12. - Vacancy in office or inability of chief judge of family court. - § 8-10-12. Vacancy in office or inability of chief judge...

Section 8-10-13. - Repealed. - § 8-10-13. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-14. - Administration of operation of family court. - § 8-10-14. Administration of operation of family court. The chief...

Section 8-10-14.1. - Powers of justices of the peace. - § 8-10-14.1. Powers of justices of the peace. (a) The...

Section 8-10-14.2. - Recording and certification of appointments and revocations — Signature of warrants. - § 8-10-14.2. Recording and certification of appointments and revocations —...

Section 8-10-15. - Family court administrator. - § 8-10-15. Family court administrator. (a) There shall be a...

Section 8-10-16. - Quarters. - § 8-10-16. Quarters. The director of administration shall provide the...

Section 8-10-17. - Repealed. - § 8-10-17. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-18. - Repealed. - § 8-10-18. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-19. - Limitation on transfer or parole of juveniles. - § 8-10-19. Limitation on transfer or parole of juveniles. During...

Section 8-10-20. - Repealed. - § 8-10-20. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., § 8-10-20, as enacted...

Section 8-10-21. - Records of court. - § 8-10-21. Records of court. The records of the family...

Section 8-10-22. - Intake department — Duties. - § 8-10-22. Intake department — Duties. Within the family court...

Section 8-10-23. - Intake supervisors. - § 8-10-23. Intake supervisors. The justices of the family court,...

Section 8-10-23.1. - Statewide juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.1. Statewide juvenile hearing board. (a) The chief judge...

Section 8-10-23.2. - Creating a juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.2. Creating a juvenile hearing board. The town of...

Section 8-10-23.3. - Jamestown juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.3. Jamestown juvenile hearing board. The town of Jamestown...

Section 8-10-23.4. - North Providence juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.4. North Providence juvenile hearing board. The town of...

Section 8-10-24. - Sessions, motions, assignments, etc. - § 8-10-24. Sessions, motions, assignments, etc. The provisions of chapter...

Section 8-10-25 - — 8-10-27. Repealed. - § 8-10-25 — 8-10-27. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch....

Section 8-10-28. - Authority and duties of clerk. - § 8-10-28. Authority and duties of clerk. In addition to...

Section 8-10-29. - Report of divorce proceedings to director of health. - § 8-10-29. Report of divorce proceedings to director of health....

Section 8-10-30. - Appointment of clerk pro tempore. - § 8-10-30. Appointment of clerk pro tempore. In case of...

Section 8-10-31. - Appointment of deputies. - § 8-10-31. Appointment of deputies. The clerk of the family...

Section 8-10-32. - Employment of clerical assistance by clerk. - § 8-10-32. Employment of clerical assistance by clerk. (a) The...

Section 8-10-33. - Powers of assistant clerks of family court. - § 8-10-33. Powers of assistant clerks of family court. Each...

Section 8-10-34. - Court secretary and assistant. - § 8-10-34. Court secretary and assistant. The justices of the...

Section 8-10-35. - Appointment of stenographers. - § 8-10-35. Appointment of stenographers. The justices of the family...

Section 8-10-36. - Court reporters and court recording clerks — Supplies and preservation of notes and other materials. - § 8-10-36. Court reporters and court recording clerks — Supplies...

Section 8-10-37. - Report of trials — Transcripts. - § 8-10-37. Report of trials — Transcripts. Subject to the...

Section 8-10-38. - Judgments, decrees, and orders — Punishment for contempt. - § 8-10-38. Judgments, decrees, and orders — Punishment for contempt....

Section 8-10-38.1. - Imprisonment for contempt. - § 8-10-38.1. Imprisonment for contempt. The justices of the family...

Section 8-10-39. - Repealed. - § 8-10-39. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., § 8-10-39, as enacted...

Section 8-10-40, 8-10-41. - Repealed. - § 8-10-40, 8-10-41. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73,...

Section 8-10-42. - Engagement — Precedence — Retirement and powers of justices. - § 8-10-42. Engagement — Precedence — Retirement and powers of...

Section 8-10-42.1. - Service after retirement. - § 8-10-42.1. Service after retirement. Any justice of the family...

Section 8-10-43. - References to family court — Powers and duties. - § 8-10-43. References to family court — Powers and duties....

Section 8-10-43.1. - Venue of criminal offenses. - § 8-10-43.1. Venue of criminal offenses. The chief judge of...

Section 8-10-44. - Annual appropriations. - § 8-10-44. Annual appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate...

Section 8-10-45. - Severability. - § 8-10-45. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable,...