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RI Gen L § 8-10-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|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 and preservation of notes and other materials.All books, papers, recording media, and supplies necessary for the use of the court reporters and court recording clerks or similar recording personnel shall be furnished by the state, and the notebooks used and notes and recordings taken by them shall be the property of the state and be deposited with the clerk of the family court, provided, that the clerks shall not be required to preserve the notebooks and notes and recordings beyond the period of fifteen (15) years.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 206, § 3.
RI Gen L § 8-10-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-37 - Report of trials - Transcripts.

§ 8-10-37. Report of trials — Transcripts.Subject to the provisions of § 8-10-21, court reporters shall report stenographically, or court recording clerks or similar recording personnel shall report electronically, the proceedings in the trial of every action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in the family court. Each court reporter or court recording clerk or similar recording personnel shall also, upon the order of any justice of the court, transcribe or otherwise reproduce his or her report to be filed with the papers in the case. He or she shall also make a transcript or otherwise reproduce the whole or any part of the report upon the written request, filed with the clerk, by either party to the action or proceeding, and when completed and within the time limited by the court for filing the transcript, shall immediately deliver the same to the party ordering it, or to the attorney of record of the party, and in the case of transcription by court reporters for such service shall be paid a reasonable compensation, not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not exceeding three dollars ($3.00) per page for originals and one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for copies thereof to be allowed by the court; and, in case the transcript is used in subsequent proceedings in the cause, the cost of the transcript may be allowed as part of the costs. In the case of electronic court recordings the person making the recordings or another person so designated by the court may be requested or ordered, in lieu of making a transcript, to reproduce the recording and certify its authenticity, and in such case each party requesting the reproduction shall pay to the court the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per cassette.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 206, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 95, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 473, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-38 - Judgments, decrees, and orders - Punishment for contempt.

§ 8-10-38. Judgments, decrees, and orders — Punishment for contempt.(a) Like powers are hereby conferred upon the family court as are conferred upon the superior court by the provisions of § 8-6-1.(b) Provided, however, a justice of the family court shall notify the principal of a school that the court is ordering the placement of a juvenile in the principal's school. The principal of the school shall have a right to be heard prior to the placement.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 358, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-10-38.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-38.1 - Imprisonment for contempt.

§ 8-10-38.1. Imprisonment for contempt.The justices of the family court or its magistrate(s) are hereby empowered, when ordering a noncomplying parent to the adult correctional institution or the women's reformatory for contempt, to order immediate work release status for him or her.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 406, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 442, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-10-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-39 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-39. Repealed.History of Section.G.L., § 8-10-39, as enacted by P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 5.
RI Gen L § 8-10-40, 8-10-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-40, 8-10-41 - Repealed.

§ 8-10-40, 8-10-41. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1990, ch. 203, § 2, effective July 9, 1990. For present similar provisions see chapter 14 of this title.
RI Gen L § 8-10-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-42 - Engagement - Precedence - Retirement and powers of justices.

§ 8-10-42. Engagement — Precedence — Retirement and powers of justices.Those provisions of chapter 3 of this title, which relate to superior court justices, shall apply to the chief judge and associate justices of the family court and, for purposes of eligibility for retirement under § 8-3-7 as amended by chapter 2 of the public laws, 1959, service as a chief judge or associate judge of the juvenile court prior to September 1, 1961 shall be included as if the service had been on the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 3.
RI Gen L § 8-10-42.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-42.1 - Service after retirement.

§ 8-10-42.1. Service after retirement.Any justice of the family court who shall resign in accordance with the provisions of § 8-3-9 may, at his or her own consent and on request of the chief judge of the court, be assigned to perform service as an associate justice thereof. When so assigned and performing such service, he or she shall have all the powers and authority of an associate justice of the family court, but otherwise he or she shall have no such powers nor be authorized to perform any judicial duties. Such a retired justice shall not be counted in the number of judges provided by law for the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 162, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-10-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-43 - References to family court - Powers and duties.

§ 8-10-43. References to family court — Powers and duties.Wherever in any general or public law the words "juvenile court," "judge of juvenile court," or "chief judge of the juvenile court" shall appear, the terms shall mean and include "family court," "justice of family court," or "chief judge of the family court." Wherever in any general or public law the words "domestic relations court," "court of domestic relations," or "judge of domestic relations court" shall appear, the terms shall mean and include "family court" or "chief judge or any associate justice of family court." Wherever in title 15 reference is made to the superior court or the court of domestic relations, that reference shall mean and include the family court. In addition to the powers and authority specifically granted in this chapter, the justices of the family court shall have, insofar as they are applicable, the same obligations and duties as superior court justices, and in all matters within the jurisdiction of the court shall be vested with all of the prerogatives and authority of associate justices of the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 14.
RI Gen L § 8-10-43.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-43.1 - Venue of criminal offenses.

§ 8-10-43.1. Venue of criminal offenses.The chief judge of the family court or his or her designee shall fix the venue for trial of any person accused of any criminal offense which is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 345, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-10-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-44 - Annual appropriations.

§ 8-10-44. Annual appropriations.The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her order on the general treasurer for the payment of such sum, or so much thereof as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of duly authenticated vouchers approved by the chief judge of the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 15.
RI Gen L § 8-10-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-10 - Family Court|Section 8-10-45 - Severability.

§ 8-10-45. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 19.
RI Gen L § 8-11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-1 - Assignment or motion day falling on holiday.

§ 8-11-1. Assignment or motion day falling on holiday.If any assignment day or any motion day occurs on a legal holiday, the assignment day or motion day shall be the following week day.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 265; G.L. 1909, ch. 285, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 335, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 504, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-1.
RI Gen L § 8-11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-2 - Number of sessions on motion days.

§ 8-11-2. Number of sessions on motion days.The superior court shall hold so many sessions upon motion days as may be necessary for the purpose of hearing motions for new trial and other motions and for hearing interlocutory matters in equity.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 342; G.L. 1909, ch. 290, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 340, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 504, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-2; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 4.
RI Gen L § 8-11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-3 - Filing and notice of motions in supreme and superior courts.

§ 8-11-3. Filing and notice of motions in supreme and superior courts.All motions in the supreme or superior court shall be in writing and, except ex parte motions, shall be filed at least sixty (60) hours, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, before being called for hearing; and, except in ex parte motions, notice in writing shall be served upon the attorney or solicitor of record of the opposite side, or, if there is no such attorney or solicitor of record, upon the adverse party, at least forty-eight (48) hours, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, before being called for hearing, unless a different time for the filing and service is fixed ex parte by a justice of the court.History of Section.C.P.A 1905, § 343; G.L. 1909, ch. 290, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 340, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 504, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-3.
RI Gen L § 8-11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-4 - Docketing and calling of motions - Calendar.

§ 8-11-4. Docketing and calling of motions — Calendar.All motions shall be docketed as filed, and shall be called in the order of filing, and, if not disposed of on motion day, shall be continued. A calendar shall be made up for each motion day.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 344; G.L. 1909, ch. 290, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 340, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 504, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-4.
RI Gen L § 8-11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-5 - Business continued by adjournment.

§ 8-11-5. Business continued by adjournment.All writs, actions, pleas, processes, precepts, recognizances, and other things whatsoever, returnable or having day in any court, shall stand, abide, and continue unto any adjournment made according to law and be held, deemed, and adjudged to be as effectual and available in law to all intents and purposes as if the court had been held on the day appointed for holding the court and no adjournment of the court had been made.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 263; G.L. 1909, ch. 285, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 335, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 505, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-5.
RI Gen L § 8-11-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-6 - Continuance of business when court fails to meet.

§ 8-11-6. Continuance of business when court fails to meet.If from any cause any court in this state shall not be held at the time appointed by law, or to which it may have been adjourned, all business pending therein shall be proceeded with when the court next meets.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 264; G.L. 1909, ch. 285, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 335, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 505, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-6.
RI Gen L § 8-11-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court|Section 8-11-7 - Postponement of hearing.

§ 8-11-7. Postponement of hearing.Whenever provision is made for the hearing of a matter on a day certain, it may be heard then or on some future day to which the court may assign the hearing, or on which all the parties in writing may agree and to which the court may assent.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 346; G.L. 1909, ch. 290, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 340, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 505, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-7.
RI Gen L § 8-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-12 - Conditional Escheat of Unclaimed Funds in Court Registries|Section 8-12-1 - Report of unclaimed funds in court registries.

§ 8-12-1. Report of unclaimed funds in court registries.(a) The clerks of the supreme, superior, family, district, workers' compensation courts and the traffic tribunal shall, every year during the month of July, return to the state court administrator those funds which have been on deposit in the registry of the respective court for a period of five (5) years or more as of the last business day of June of that year. A sworn statement listing all money or funds shall also be submitted.(b) The statement shall contain as to each deposit or fund:(1) The number and title of the case and the date of the order entered on the case in accordance with which the money was paid into the registry of the court;(2) The name and address of the person, persons, firm, or corporation who paid the money into the registry of the court so far as the name and address appears of record;(3) The name and address of the person, persons, firm, or corporation entitled to the money in the registry so far as the name and address appear of record in the case or are otherwise known to the clerk;(4) The amount and date of the deposit in the registry of the court and the amount including accretions from interest or otherwise at the date of the statement; and(5) An assertion as to whether or not any claim to the deposit or fund or portion thereof is being actively prosecuted by any person and/or whether such claim has been made during the five (5) years prior to the last business day of June of that year.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 100, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 452, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 238, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-12 - Conditional Escheat of Unclaimed Funds in Court Registries|Section 8-12-2 - Deposit of unclaimed funds.

§ 8-12-2. Deposit of unclaimed funds.If, upon examination of the sworn statement required to be filed by the several clerks under the provisions of § 8-12-1, it appears to the state court administrator that there are deposits in the registry of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court, the workers' compensation court and/or the traffic tribunal that have been unclaimed by any person prima facie entitled to the deposits, or his or her or its representative, for a period of five (5) years preceding the last business day of June of the then current year, then all of those unclaimed deposits in the registry of the applicable court, together with any interest on the deposit, shall be paid to the general fund to be held and used by the administrator of the state courts as approved by the chief justice of the supreme court subject to being repaid to the person(s), firm(s) or corporation(s) who may subsequently establish a lawful right to the deposit as provided in § 8-12-3.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 100, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, §§ 9, 10; P.L. 2000, ch. 452, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 238, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-12-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-12 - Conditional Escheat of Unclaimed Funds in Court Registries|Section 8-12-3 - Claim for escheated funds.

§ 8-12-3. Claim for escheated funds.(a) Any person who claims a right to money or funds paid to the general fund by the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court, the workers' compensation court and/or the traffic tribunal pursuant to § 8-12-2, may file a complaint in the superior court within and for the county of Providence within three (3) years after the funds are deposited in the general fund. The complaint shall be subject to the superior court rules of civil procedure and shall follow the course of equity. The complaint shall be filed against the state, and service of process shall be made upon the administrator of the state courts in person or at his or her respective office with someone in charge of the office. The attorney general shall appear and represent the state in the action. The superior court shall hear the complaint, and in case the final determination of the complaint is in favor of the plaintiff, the court shall enter its judgment directing the administrator of the state courts to repay to the plaintiff so much of the fund as the plaintiff has shown himself or herself entitled to receive, together with interest at a rate not to exceed six percent (6%) per annum on that amount, together with the costs of the action as taxed, in accordance with the rules of civil procedure. The interest shall begin to accumulate on the date the sum is received by the general fund and shall cease on the earlier of fifteen (15) years following receipt or the date on which payment is made to the owner. Upon issuance of the order, the clerk shall immediately forward to the administrator of the state courts the execution based upon the judgment and including costs as taxed. The general fund will pay the amount named in the execution to the party entitled to the amount.(b) In case the action is determined in favor of the state, the determination shall operate as a final bar against the claimant or his or her or its representatives. In the event the action is decided in favor of the claimant, review may be had by the supreme court in its discretion on petition for writ of certiorari, which must be filed within twenty (20) days by the attorney general following the judgment of the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 100, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 452, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 238, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-13-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-13 - Judicial Council|Section 8-13-1 - Creation - Composition.

§ 8-13-1. Creation — Composition.A judicial council is hereby created for the study of the organization of the judicial system of the state and all matters relating to the administration of the system and its several departments of service. The judicial council shall consist of six (6) members of the bar of this state, who shall be appointed by the governor.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 699, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-13-1.
RI Gen L § 8-13-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-13 - Judicial Council|Section 8-13-2 - Appointment of members - Vacancies.

§ 8-13-2. Appointment of members — Vacancies.In the month of January in each year, the governor shall appoint two (2) persons, qualified as provided in § 8-13-1, to succeed the members of the council whose offices shall next expire, to hold office for three (3) years and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified. Any vacancy that shall occur in the membership of the council shall be filled by another appointment by the governor for the remainder of the term.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 699, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-13-2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 11.
RI Gen L § 8-13-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-13 - Judicial Council|Section 8-13-3 - Officers of council.

§ 8-13-3. Officers of council.The members of the council shall annually choose from their own membership a chairperson and a secretary.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 699, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-13-3.
RI Gen L § 8-13-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-13 - Judicial Council|Section 8-13-4 - Powers and duties.

§ 8-13-4. Powers and duties.The judicial council may from time to time submit for the consideration of the justices of the various courts such suggestions in regard to the judicial system of the state as it may deem advisable, and it shall report annually to the governor on or before December the fifteenth upon such matters as it desires to bring to his or her attention or to the attention of the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 699, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-13-4.
RI Gen L § 8-13-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-13 - Judicial Council|Section 8-13-5 - Compensation of secretary - Expenses of council.

§ 8-13-5. Compensation of secretary — Expenses of council.The secretary of the council shall receive annually the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) as compensation for his or her services and the other members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed their necessary travel, clerical, and other expenses, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sum, or so much thereof as may from time to time be required, upon the receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the chairperson of the council.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 699, § 3; P.L. 1952, ch. 2993, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-13-5.