At the restraining order hearing, both the petitioner (the person who filed for the order) and the respondent (the person served with the order) have the opportunity [...]
To obtain a restraining order in Rhode Island, you file a petition with the Family Court or District Court explaining the basis for your request. A judge [...]
If there is a custody or visitation order in place, relocating out of Rhode Island with your child generally requires either the written consent of the other [...]
The terms visitation and parenting time are often used interchangeably in Rhode Island Family Court proceedings. Both refer to the scheduled time a non-custodial parent spends with [...]
Under certain circumstances, Rhode Island law permits grandparents to petition the Family Court for visitation rights. The court applies the best interests of the child standard when [...]
Yes, supervised visitation can be modified to unsupervised if the parent subject to supervision demonstrates that the concerns that led to the supervised order have been adequately [...]
