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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-30
Conduct of hearings
Known as the Family Court Act
The act spans §§ 14-1-1 to 14-1-9 (95 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Edward A. Sherman Publishing Co. v. Goldberg (1982)
Most recently applied in Edward A. Sherman Publishing Co. v. Goldberg (April 1982)
P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-30; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 6.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.