{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-14-1-69","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-69","heading":"Hearsay.","body":"In any custody and/or termination trial and/or a hearing on a motion or probable cause hearing where a petition has been filed by the department of children, youth, and families in accordance with §§ 14-1-11, 40-11-7 and/or 15-7-7 in the family court, the court may, in its discretion, permit as evidence any statement by a child under the age of thirteen (13) years old about a prescribed act of abuse, neglect, or misconduct by a parent or guardian, if that statement was made spontaneously within a reasonable time after the act is alleged to have occurred, and if the statement was made to someone the child would normally turn to for sympathy, protection, or advice.","path":["Title 14 Delinquent and Dependent Children","Chapter 1 Proceedings in Family Court"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE14/14-1/14-1-69.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:33Z","sha256":"7b6634a2ea200b794360031d669205c7403649ca326512ebfd451a5bf3a09c93","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-14-1-68","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-14-1-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}