{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-14.1-32","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-14.1-32","heading":"Hearing and order.","body":"(a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that:\n(1) The child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed and that:\n(i) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction;\n(ii) The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so; or\n(iii) The respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or\n(2) The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so.\n(b) The court may award the fees, costs, and expenses and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.\n(c) If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the grounds that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.\n(d) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this chapter.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 14.1 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-14.1/15-14.1-32.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:38Z","sha256":"ba0368502e6c79cdf3a8ae1191a1a260ac73d33853d40bbbb6f703397e39d2dd","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-14.1-31","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-14.1-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}