{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-14-1-30","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-30","heading":"Conduct of hearings.","body":"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.","path":["Title 14 Delinquent and Dependent Children","Chapter 1 Proceedings in Family Court"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE14/14-1/14-1-30.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:32Z","sha256":"9fa2562a911534aa4f463e4f7b763f79df5e51844ce6a1c97f03dad9fcef6f39","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-14-1-29","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-14-1-30.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}