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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 - Judgments, decrees, and orders - Punishment for contempt.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 8-10-38 (2017)
§ 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.)
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