{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-10-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-10-5","heading":"Attempts at reconciliation by family court.","body":"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.","path":["Title 8 Courts and Civil Procedure — Courts","Chapter 10 Family Court"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE8/8-10/8-10-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:55Z","sha256":"14ed37086cca290f8bd3aaad2dcd771185d7acd4fb55e5ec008ee0adf261cbd9","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-10-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-10-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}