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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts
Chapter 8-10 - Family Court
Section 8-10-38.1 - Imprisonment for contempt.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 8-10-38.1 (2017)
§ 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.)
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