2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 15 Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 15-7 Adoption of Children
§ 15-7-12 Trial period of residence.


§ 15-7-12 Trial period of residence. – No petition shall be granted until the child has lived for six (6) months in the proposed home; provided, that the period of residence may be waived and the petition granted by the court upon good cause shown, when satisfied that the proposed home and the child are suited to each other.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1923, ch. 288, § 5; P.L. 1926, ch. 852, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 420, §§ 5, 7; P.L. 1955, ch. 3483, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 15-7-12; P.L. 1970, ch. 132, § 1.)

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