In all the causes in § 8-10-4, the family court shall seek to reconcile the parties and to re-establish friendly family relations, and to this end may suggest and hold conferences in chambers with the parties interested, and with their counsel, if they are represented by counsel and may have the children of the parties brought before it for examination.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-10-5
Attempts at reconciliation by family court
Known as the The Family Court Act
The act spans §§ 8–8 (57 sections).
P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 8.
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.