Section 8-10-38 Judgments, decrees, and orders - Punishment for contempt.

RI Gen L § 8-10-38 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 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.)