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RI Gen L § 8-10-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-9 - Assistance of services of department of corrections.

§ 8-10-9. Assistance of services of department of corrections.(a) The facilities of the department of corrections shall be available at all times to the court. The director of the department of corrections shall assign to service in the court a supervisor of probation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other workers to carry out the purposes of the court. The supervisor, counsellors, and workers, when so assigned, shall be responsible to the court and shall serve in the court at the pleasure of the chief judge in his or her capacity as administrative judge.(b) At the request of the court, the director of the department of corrections, his or her assistants, and the bureau of mental hygiene shall make such investigation or examination, or both, as the court or any justice thereof may request of any party within its jurisdiction, and shall file with the court a written report of the investigation or examination, or both, within the time fixed by the court. Any party in interest or his or her counsel shall be entitled to examine the report, and shall be given the opportunity to cross-examine under oath the person who submits the report, and to introduce evidence in support of or in opposition to it before a decision is rendered by the court. The written report of investigation or examination shall not be used as evidence in any criminal matter heard by the court.(c) At the direction of the court, the supervisor of probation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other workers shall assume responsibility for the enforcement of all preliminary, interlocutory, and decretal orders in cases referred to them by the court. The court may order payments of temporary or permanent alimony for the support of a wife or children, or both, to the supervisor, counsellors, or workers for the account of the wife or children, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-10 - Family court registry.

§ 8-10-10. Family court registry.Within the family court there shall be a registry, to be administered by the clerk of the court, which shall receive and disburse all payments made payable to the registry by direction of the court or by voluntary payment.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 22.
RI Gen L § 8-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-11 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-11. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 263, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 1994, ch. 42, § 5, effective June 2, 1994. For present comparable provisions, see § 8-16.1-1 et seq.
RI Gen L § 8-10-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|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 of family court.Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of chief judge of the family court, or whenever the chief judge shall be unable, by reason of illness or absence, to perform the duties of his or her office, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as provided in § 8-3-4 for filling a vacancy in the office of presiding justice of the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-13 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-13. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2010, ch. 231, § 2, and by P.L. 2010, ch. 238, § 2, effective July 25, 2010.
RI Gen L § 8-10-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-14 - Administration of operation of family court.

§ 8-10-14. Administration of operation of family court.The chief judge of the family court shall be the administrative judge of the court. He or she shall be the head of the court and have supervision and control of the calendars and of the assignment of the justices. All court stenographers, secretaries, and masters shall be under his or her supervision. It shall be his or her duty to gather such statistics as shall reflect accurately the work of the court, for the information of the court and such other use as he or she may deem expedient. He or she shall also be charged with general responsibility for any recommendations he or she may believe important for the work of the court or any officers in any way connected therewith.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 126, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-14.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-14.1 - Powers of justices of the peace.

§ 8-10-14.1. Powers of justices of the peace.(a) The chief judge of the family court shall from time to time appoint, with power to revoke such appointments, from those qualified justices of the peace who shall be members of the bar of the state of Rhode Island as many such justices of the peace as he or she may deem necessary who shall be authorized to set and take bail in all complaints bailable before the family court except those offenses punishable by life imprisonment, and, if unable to post bail, to commit to the adult correctional institutions all respondents arrested on such complaints, and the chief judge shall authorize the justices of the peace so appointed by him or her to issue warrants and complaints returnable to the family court, for any offense for which by law a judge of the family court may issue a warrant and complaint, and all warrants so issued, and all warrants and complaints upon which bail is taken or commitments are made shall be forthwith returned to family court; provided, that the justices of the peace shall not in any case or for any purpose have the power to issue search warrants.(b) In the event that session of family court is not held in any of the counties on the next weekday (Monday thru Friday) after appearance by a respondent before a justice of the peace, then the justice of the peace may schedule the arraignment of the respondent in the closest county (if in session on the next day following) or in Providence county as he or she shall be directed by the administrative orders of the chief judge of the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 97, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-14.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|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 — Signature of warrants.The appointments and revocations of justices of the peace shall be recorded in the records of the court and certified, by the chief judge making the appointment and revocation, to the secretary of state, and the judge shall also issue to the justice or justices of the peace his or her warrant under the seal of the court, by which the justice or justices shall be authorized to perform the duties herein specified, and shall also, whenever he or she shall revoke the appointment, notify the justice of the peace in writing of the revocation. Justices of the peace appointed to issue warrants shall sign all warrants by them issued as "justice of the peace authorized to issue warrants."History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 97, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-15 - Family court administrator.

§ 8-10-15. Family court administrator.(a) There shall be a family court administrator who shall be appointed by the chief judge of the family court in his or her capacity as administrative judge of the court, with the advice and consent of the senate, and who shall hold office for a term of five (5) years.(b) Under the general supervision of the chief judge of the family court, within the policies established by the court, the administrator shall:(1) Prepare an annual budget for the court;(2) Formulate procedures governing the administration of court services;(3) Make recommendations to the court for improvement in court services;(4) Collect necessary statistics and prepare the annual report of the work of the court;(5) Provide supervision and consultation to the staff of the court concerning administration of court services, training and supervision of personnel, and fiscal management;(6) Perform such other duties as the chief judge shall specify;(7) And further to assume and perform, in addition to any other duties provided by this chapter, the powers, authority, and the duties of the family court clerk, pursuant to the provisions of the general laws, and shall do and perform all other things which by law or the rules of the court shall appertain to the office of clerk.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 52, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 10, § 4; P.L. 2005, ch. 21, § 4; P.L. 2008, ch. 119, § 3.
RI Gen L § 8-10-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-16 - Quarters.

§ 8-10-16. Quarters.The director of administration shall provide the family court with proper quarters and facilities necessary for the performance of the duties of the court. He or she shall also provide the clerk of said court with adequate quarters and facilities necessary for the performance of his or her duties.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-17 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-17. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 144, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1991, ch. 6, art. 12, § 1 and P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 71, § 1, effective February 15, 1991 and June 7, 1991, respectively.
RI Gen L § 8-10-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-18 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-18. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 12, § 1, effective May 1, 2008.
RI Gen L § 8-10-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-19 - Limitation on transfer or parole of juveniles.

§ 8-10-19. Limitation on transfer or parole of juveniles.During the period when a juvenile shall be placed in the receiving and screening unit or in the youth correctional center, no transfer or parole of the juvenile shall be made except with the consent of the chief judge of the family court, or, in his or her absence, with the consent of the justice who initially heard, or has pending before him or her, the matter involving such juvenile.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-20 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-20. Repealed.History of Section.G.L., § 8-10-20, as enacted by P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1975, ch. 247, § 2. For present law, see § 8-15-7.
RI Gen L § 8-10-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-21 - Records of court.

§ 8-10-21. Records of court.The records of the family court shall be public records, except that records of hearings in matters set forth in § 14-1-5, together with stenographic notes and transcripts of those hearings, shall not be available for public inspection unless the court shall otherwise order. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the records of the family court in criminal matters involving adults shall be public records. The record of delinquent or wayward adjudications of juveniles may be accessed by law enforcement personnel to be used for law enforcement purposes only and shall remain otherwise confidential. The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to facilitate the purposes of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 223, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-22 - Intake department - Duties.

§ 8-10-22. Intake department — Duties.Within the family court there shall be established an intake department. Its duties shall be to receive applications and complaints relative to juvenile matters presented to the court, to provide for a thorough investigation of the applications and complaints, and to report thereon to the court before formal petition is filed. The intake department shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned to it by the court.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 8-10-11; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-23 - Intake supervisors.

§ 8-10-23. Intake supervisors.The justices of the family court, or a majority of them, shall appoint a chief intake supervisor and two (2) assistant intake supervisors who are qualified by education, training, previous experience in professional social welfare, personality, character, and special aptitude for the work, to serve at the pleasure of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-23.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-23.1 - Statewide juvenile hearing board.

§ 8-10-23.1. Statewide juvenile hearing board.(a) The chief judge of the family court shall appoint a statewide juvenile hearing board coordinator who is qualified by education, training, previous experience in professional social welfare, personality, character, and special aptitude for the work, to serve at the pleasure of the chief judge. The juvenile hearing board coordinator shall provide education, training, data collection and analysis, coordination, and assistance to cities and towns in the establishment and maintenance of juvenile hearing boards and teen courts. Juvenile hearing boards and/or teen courts shall report any data deemed necessary by the family court to perform the functions of the juvenile hearing board coordinator. No juvenile hearing board or teen court in the State of Rhode Island shall hear, or dispose of offenses that constitute felony offenses if committed by an adult, except by the express written consent of the chief justice of the family court; nor shall any juvenile hearing board or teen court hear or dispose of any offense which has been amended from a felony offense to a misdemeanor offense, except by the express written consent of the chief justice of the family court. Juveniles, wherever they may live, upon a decision to refer the juvenile to the juvenile hearing board or teen court, shall be referred to the hearing board or teen court in the city or town where the offense was committed; provided, however, if the city or town does not have a hearing board or teen court, the juvenile shall be referred to the hearing board or teen court where the juvenile resides. The Statewide hearing board coordinator is responsible for setting up a statewide community service program which may be utilized by any hearing board or teen court.(b) The position of statewide juvenile hearing board coordinator is a pilot program which shall commence on July 1, 1998 and terminate on June 30, 2001, unless extended by the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 397, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 418, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 192, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-23.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-23.2 - Creating a juvenile hearing board.

§ 8-10-23.2. Creating a juvenile hearing board.The town of North Kingstown shall have the authority to create a juvenile hearing board subject to the provisions of § 8-10-23.1, notwithstanding the requirements of the town's regulations, charter, or ordinances.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 295, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 352, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-23.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-23.3 - Jamestown juvenile hearing board.

§ 8-10-23.3. Jamestown juvenile hearing board.The town of Jamestown shall have the authority to create a juvenile hearing board subject to the provisions of § 8-10-23.1, and the requirements of the town's regulations, charter or ordinances.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 36, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 166, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 15.
RI Gen L § 8-10-23.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-23.4 - North Providence juvenile hearing board.

§ 8-10-23.4. North Providence juvenile hearing board.The town of North Providence shall use the authority to create a juvenile hearing board subject to the provisions of § 8-10-23.1, notwithstanding the requirements of the town's regulations, charter or ordinances.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 15.
RI Gen L § 8-10-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-24 - Sessions, motions, assignments, etc.

§ 8-10-24. Sessions, motions, assignments, etc.The provisions of chapter 7 of this title, relating to the superior court, shall apply to the family court, except as the family court may otherwise by rule provide.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-25 - 8-10-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-25 - 8-10-27 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-25 — 8-10-27. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1972, ch. 52, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-10-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-28 - Authority and duties of clerk.

§ 8-10-28. Authority and duties of clerk.In addition to any other authority or duties provided by this chapter, the clerk of the family court shall have the authority and carry out the duties with respect to the family court that are exercised or performed by the clerks of the superior court for that court pursuant to the provisions of §§ 8-4-8, 8-4-9, and 8-4-10.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-29 - Report of divorce proceedings to director of health.

§ 8-10-29. Report of divorce proceedings to director of health.The clerk of the family court shall make returns to the director of health, on or before the first day of March in each and every year, for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December preceding, of all the applications for divorce, showing the number of applications, the number thereof continued, the number granted, and the causes for which they are granted, but without the names of the parties, in accordance with the blanks which shall be furnished him or her by the director of health.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-30 - Appointment of clerk pro tempore.

§ 8-10-30. Appointment of clerk pro tempore.In case of the death, resignation, absence, inability, or refusal to serve of the clerk, the chief judge of the family court may appoint a clerk pro tempore who shall hold his or her office until the clerk shall have returned or the inability shall have been removed or another clerk shall have been appointed to fill the vacancy and shall have qualified. The clerk so appointed shall be sworn and give bond before he or she enters upon his or her duties and shall, during the term of service, be entitled to the compensation of the office.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-31 - Appointment of deputies.

§ 8-10-31. Appointment of deputies.The clerk of the family court, with the approval of the chief judge of the court, may appoint one or more deputy clerks who, being sworn, may discharge all the duties of the clerk until removed by the clerk or the court. The clerk shall fix the compensation of his or her deputies within the amount appropriated therefor and shall be liable for his or her misconduct or neglect of duty.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-32 - Employment of clerical assistance by clerk.

§ 8-10-32. Employment of clerical assistance by clerk.(a) The clerk of the family court, with the approval of the chief judge thereof, shall appoint as many assistant clerks as may be necessary, who shall hold office until removal by the clerk or by a majority of the justices.(b) The clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such clerical assistants, in addition to the assistant clerks, as he or she may require in his or her office in copying, recording, indexing, and attending upon the files of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-33 - Powers of assistant clerks of family court.

§ 8-10-33. Powers of assistant clerks of family court.Each of the assistant clerks of the family court shall aid his or her principal in the discharge of his or her duties, and any act done by him or her, under direction of the clerk, in the line of duty of the clerk shall have the same force and effect as though done by the clerk; he or she shall have authority to administer oaths to parties, witnesses, and others as required in the conduct of the proceedings of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-34 - Court secretary and assistant.

§ 8-10-34. Court secretary and assistant.The justices of the family court, or a majority of them, may appoint a secretary and an assistant secretary who shall hold office during the pleasure of the court and shall perform such duties as may be required by the court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-35 - Appointment of stenographers.

§ 8-10-35. Appointment of stenographers.The justices of the family court, or a majority of them, shall appoint competent shorthand writers or stenotypists for regular service in the court and one or more such writers for occasional service therein in the absence of other appointees, who shall be known as court stenographers. They shall serve during the pleasure of the court and where designated by the chief judge.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1.