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RI Gen L § 14-1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-25 - Arrest of juveniles without warrant.

§ 14-1-25. Arrest of juveniles without warrant.Any officer authorized to make an arrest for any criminal offense may take into custody without a warrant any child believed to be delinquent or wayward within that officer's jurisdiction, but in no case shall a child be detained in custody longer than twenty-four (24) hours without being referred to the family court for consideration.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-25; impl. am. P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14.
RI Gen L § 14-1-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-26 - Separation from adult offenders.

§ 14-1-26. Separation from adult offenders.In case a delinquent or wayward child is taken into custody or detained before or after the filing of a petition, or pending a hearing on the petition, the child shall not be confined in any prison, jail, lockup, or reformatory, or be transported with, or compelled or permitted to associate or mingle with, criminal, vicious, or dissolute persons, but shall be kept under the care of the person arresting the child, or of a police matron as provided in § 14-1-24, until by order of the court other disposition is made of the child as provided in this chapter; and if the child is ordered to be detained or confined in any of the institutions mentioned in this chapter, the child shall not be conveyed to or from the institution with adult offenders.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-26.
RI Gen L § 14-1-26.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-26.1 - Temporary custody of status and non-offenders.

§ 14-1-26.1. Temporary custody of status and non-offenders.A juvenile taken into custody at a state, municipal, or college police department for an offense that would not be classified as criminal if committed by an adult, or non-offender juveniles, such as dependent or neglected children, shall be held for identification, investigation, and processing purposes only in an unlocked, multi-purpose room that is not designated for residential use or secure detention. The child shall not be handcuffed to a stationary object and must remain in continuous visual supervision of an agency representative.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-28 - Transfer of cases from other courts.

§ 14-1-28. Transfer of cases from other courts.If, during the pendency of a criminal or quasi-criminal charge against any person in any other court it shall be ascertained that the person was under the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of committing the alleged offense, it shall be the duty of the court to immediately transfer the case, together with all the papers, documents, and records of testimony connected with the case, to the family court. The court making the transfer shall order the child to be taken immediately to the family court or to the place of detention designated by the family court, or release the child in the custody of some suitable person, to appear before the family court at a time designated by the family court. The family court shall upon the transfer proceed to hear and dispose of the case in the same manner as if it had been instituted in that court in the first instance.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-28; impl. am. P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14.
RI Gen L § 14-1-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-29 - Times and places of hearings.

§ 14-1-29. Times and places of hearings.The court shall designate suitable times and places for the hearing of all matters arising within its jurisdiction and may sit at any other times and places within the state that the court may seem best adapted to the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter. Hearings under this chapter may be adjourned from time to time and to different places within the state.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-29.
RI Gen L § 14-1-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-30 - Conduct of hearings.

§ 14-1-30. Conduct of hearings.In the hearing of any case, the general public shall be excluded; only an attorney or attorneys, selected by the parents or guardian of a child to represent the child, may attend, and only those other persons shall be admitted who have a direct interest in the case, and as the justice may direct. All cases involving children shall be heard separately and apart from the trial of cases against adults.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-30; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 6.
RI Gen L § 14-1-30.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-30.1 - Compelling evidence in hearings - Immunity.

§ 14-1-30.1. Compelling evidence in hearings — Immunity.In the hearing of any case in which a child is alleged to be delinquent or wayward, if a person refuses to answer a question or produce other evidence of any kind on the ground that he or she may be incriminated by it, or if a child refuses to answer a question or produce other evidence of any kind on the ground that it supports a finding that he or she is delinquent or wayward, and if the attorney general, in writing, requests the chief judge of the family court or his or her designee to order that person or child to answer the question or produce the evidence, the court, in its discretion, after notice to the witness, may order the person or child to answer the question or produce the evidence. In deciding those matters, the chief judge or his or her designee shall consider whether the person may be incriminated, or whether the evidence may support a finding that the child is delinquent or wayward, in some other jurisdiction. After complying, and if, but for this section, he or she would have been privileged to withhold the answer given or the evidence produced by him or her, that person or child shall not be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which, in accordance with the order, he gave answer or produced evidence. But he or she may, nevertheless, be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for any perjury, false swearing, or contempt committed in answering or failing to answer, or in producing, or failing to produce, evidence in accordance with the order.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 217, § 2.
RI Gen L § 14-1-30.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-30.2 - Foster parents - Notice of court proceedings.

§ 14-1-30.2. Foster parents — Notice of court proceedings.The department of children, youth and families shall provide notice to foster parents, pre-adoptive parents or relatives providing care for a child of any review or hearing to be held with respect to a child in the care of the department. The foster parents, pre-adoptive parents or relatives providing care for a child may attend the hearing and file with the court a report, either written or oral, for the purpose of conveying to the court information relating to the best interest of the child. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give the foster parents, pre-adoptive parents or relatives providing care for a child legal standing as a party to the petition.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 87, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-31 - Services of public defender.

§ 14-1-31. Services of public defender.Prior to the commencement of any hearing, the justice shall advise the parent or guardian of any child, or the adult involved, as the case may be, that if he or she is financially unable to engage counsel, he or she is entitled to the services of the public defender. The public defender shall, at the request of a justice of the family court, appear in court on behalf of that person.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-31; impl. am. P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14.
RI Gen L § 14-1-32.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-32.1 - Juvenile victim restitution program.

§ 14-1-32.1. Juvenile victim restitution program.(a) If a judge of the family court finds that a child is delinquent, wayward, or otherwise within the provisions of this chapter, and places the child on probation, he or she shall, where appropriate, require the child to compensate the victim for losses due to the act of the child, and the child shall make restitution in a reasonable amount within a reasonable period of time and in accordance with that payment schedule established by the judge from funds earned by the child pursuant to employment engaged in by the child. The restitution shall be made under the direction of a probation counselor in cooperation with the administrator of the juvenile victim restitution program within the family court.(b) If the child is not employed, the probation counselor, in cooperation with the restitution program administrator or a member of his or her staff, shall make a reasonable effort to find private or other public employment for the child. However, if the child does not have employment after a reasonable time and private or other public employment is not obtained, despite the efforts of the restitution program staff, the child shall, where appropriate, be directed by the court to perform work in some type of community restitution and with arrangements for compensation pursuant to § 14-1-32.2. If parents make monetary restitution, the child may still be ordered to perform community restitution without compensation.(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the employer of a juvenile hired pursuant to the provisions of this section shall receive a credit of ten percent (10%) of the amount of wages paid to the juvenile annually against the state income tax owed by the employer, provided the credit shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) annually.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 244, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 345, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. XXIV, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 185, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-32.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-32.2 - Administration of program - Payment for services.

§ 14-1-32.2. Administration of program — Payment for services.The family court shall be responsible for the administration of the restitution program, shall oversee and coordinate all local community based juvenile restitution programs, and shall process and make all payments to children who are required to perform community restitution in lieu of other public or private employment pursuant to § 14-1-32.1. The probation counselor responsible for a child offender, or a child restitution office in the local city or town, shall maintain time sheets and other documents necessary to determine and process the payment of child offenders. Remuneration for the services provided by the child offender in a community restitution job shall be made as a wage payment by check, with the child offender listed as the payee. However, the check shall be mailed to the child's probation counselor or a child restitution office established by the cities and towns. The child offender shall pay the victim of his or her acts seventy-five percent (75%) of each payment and twenty-five percent (25%) of the payment shall be retained by the child. This same percentage shall apply to the child offender who is otherwise employed at the time he or she is required to make restitution.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 244, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. XXIV, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-32.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-32.3 - Appropriations.

§ 14-1-32.3. Appropriations.The general assembly shall appropriate one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for support and maintenance of the pilot juvenile restitution program; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that appropriation or so much of it as may be necessary for the purposes appropriated, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 244, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-32.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-32.4 - Family counseling for drug or alcohol related offenses.

§ 14-1-32.4. Family counseling for drug or alcohol related offenses.If the court finds that a child is delinquent or wayward for any violation of the Rhode Island Controlled Substances Act, chapter 28 of title 21, the court may order the child, his or her parent(s), guardian(s), and/or other lawful custodian(s) to participate in a program of counseling designed to attempt to remedy the conditions which led to the child's coming before the court.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 284, § 5.
RI Gen L § 14-1-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-33 - Supervision of child placed on probation.

§ 14-1-33. Supervision of child placed on probation.(a) Whenever the court places a child on probation, the court may do so upon any terms and conditions, not inconsistent with law, that the court may deem best for the welfare of the child, but unless otherwise ordered by the court, a probation counselor may make any arrangements for the care of the child that he or she may deem best for its welfare, and may release the child in the care of its parent, guardian, or other lawful custodian, or in the care of any relative of the child. If a child has been placed on probation as provided in this chapter, the probation counselor may at any time before the discharge of the child take the child before the court without a warrant, or the court may issue a warrant to bring the child before the family court. When the child is before the court, the court may make any disposition of the case which it might have made before the child was placed on probation, or may continue or extend the period of probation.(b) At the end of the probation period of a child, the probation counselor shall make a report to the court, in writing, as to the conduct of the child during that period.(c) If, at any time during a child's probationary term, the child is charged with an additional and subsequent delinquency offense, which if committed by an adult would be considered a felony, the probation counselor shall file a petition in the family court alleging that the child has violated probation.(d) If, at any time during a child's probationary term the child is charged with an additional and subsequent wayward/disobedient or status offense, the probation counselor may file a petition in the family court alleging that the child has violated probation.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-33; impl. am. P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14; P.L. 2013, ch. 334, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-35 - Guardianship of agency to which child entrusted - Adoption proceedings.

§ 14-1-35. Guardianship of agency to which child entrusted — Adoption proceedings.In the event that the court shall award a dependent or neglected child to the custody of the department of children, youth, and families, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the child shall, unless otherwise ordered, become a ward and be subject to the guardianship of the department. That guardianship shall not include the guardianship of any estate of the child. The department shall be made party to any proceeding for the legal adoption of the child and may, by its attorney or agent, appear in the family court where those proceedings are pending and consent to the adoption. However, when adoption proceedings shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the family court, then notice of the filing of the petition in the adoption proceedings shall be filed with the clerk of the family court at least twenty (20) days before any final decree of adoption shall be entered, and the entry of any final decree of adoption shall release the department from any liability which may have been incurred by it by reason of the commitment of the child to it.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-35; impl. am. P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 23, § 2.
RI Gen L § 14-1-35.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-35.1 - Child advocate as guardian of estate of child in certain circumstances - Plan for disbursement of funds.

§ 14-1-35.1. Child advocate as guardian of estate of child in certain circumstances — Plan for disbursement of funds.(a) Subject to the provisions of § 14-1-35, the office of the child advocate shall be the guardian of the estate of any child for whose benefit a judgment for compensation or order approving a settlement for compensation is entered by the court pursuant to the provisions of § 12-25-3, to be held by that office in accordance with the requirements of § 42-73-9.1.(b) Upon the termination of proceedings instituted under this chapter, the child advocate shall formulate a plan for the disbursement of compensation for the sole benefit of the child, whether before or at the age of majority, which plan shall be presented to and approved by the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 317, § 4.
RI Gen L § 14-1-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-36 - Commitment of delinquent and wayward children.

§ 14-1-36. Commitment of delinquent and wayward children.(a) In all proceedings under this chapter, the court may order a delinquent or wayward child to be committed to the training school for youth for a sentence no longer than the youth's nineteenth birthday. However, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the placing of any child in the custody of the department of children, youth and families or any other agency, society, or institution, pursuant to § 14-1-32. The commitment of delinquent or wayward children shall be by an order and all assignments of the custody of dependent, neglected, delinquent, or wayward children to the state training school for youth or to the custody of the department of children, youth and families or to any of the private institutions, agencies, or societies mentioned in this chapter shall be by a decree signed by the justice of the court by whom the order or decree is issued, and that order or decree shall be directed to any person that the court may designate, and shall require that person to take the child and deliver him or her to the officer in charge of the training school for youth or to the custody of the director of children, youth and families or of the public or private institution, agency, or society, and the order or decree shall constitute the person charged with it, while he or she has the order in his or her possession for service, an officer for all purposes under this chapter, in any county of the state in which it may be necessary for him or her to go. The person charged with carrying out the order or decree shall also deliver to the officer of the public or private institution, agency, or society or to the training school for youth or the director of children, youth and families a copy of the order or the decree signed by the justice of the court issuing it, and subject to the provisions of this chapter, the officer and other authorities in charge of the training school for youth or the director of children, youth and families or any public or private institution, agency, or society shall hold the child according to the terms of any other order or decree that may from time to time thereafter be issued by the court in relation to the child.(b) Whenever the court shall commit a child to the training school for youth or to the director of children, youth and families or any other institution or agency, it shall transmit with the order of commitment a summary of its information concerning the child.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 25; impl. am. P.L. 1946, ch. 1774, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-36; impl. am. P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 23, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 22, § 1.
RI Gen L § 14-1-36.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-36.1 - Release from training school.

§ 14-1-36.1. Release from training school.(a) No child sentenced to the training school for youth, after being found delinquent or wayward, shall be released prior to the end of his or her sentence unless authorized by a justice of the family court, after a hearing with due notice to the parties to the petition upon which the child was sentenced. At any such hearing, the family court shall authorize the release of the child to his or her home and/or to the care and custody of the department of children, youth and families unless the court finds that the child:(1) Poses a substantial risk of harm to self; or(2) Poses a substantial risk of harm to others; or(3) Has demonstrated that he or she may leave the jurisdiction of the court.Provided, however, any child who has been certified and adjudicated pursuant to §§ 14-1-7.2 and 14-1-7.3, may not be released prior to the end of his or her sentence, except as authorized under § 14-1-42 of this chapter.(b) A child so sentenced may be allowed as part of a rehabilitation program to be placed temporarily in a community program outside of the training school only when authorized by the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 430, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 12, § 2.
RI Gen L § 14-1-36.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 14 - Delinquent and Dependent Children|Chapter 14-1 - Proceedings in Family Court|Section 14-1-36.2 - Assignment of custody to the director of the department of children, youth and families.

§ 14-1-36.2. Assignment of custody to the director of the department of children, youth and families.In the event the court assigns custody of a child to the director of the department of children, youth and families pursuant to §§ 14-1-11, 14-1-11.1, 14-1-27, 14-1-32, 14-1-34, 14-1-36, 14-1-36.1, 40-11-7.1, or 40-11-12, the court shall authorize the provision of suitable treatment, rehabilitation and care for each child in the least restrictive and community-based setting.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 17, § 10.