Rhode Island § 15-5-14 § 15-5-14. Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance of process — Time of hearing.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 15-5-14 — § 15-5-14. Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance of process — Time of hearing.

Rhode Island § 15-5-14

Title 15Domestic Relations

Ch. 15-5Divorce and Separation

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-14 (2026).

Text

§ 15-5-14. Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance of process — Time of hearing.
The court may, by general rule:
(1) Determine the return day of complaints for divorce;
         
(2) Prescribe the notice to be given, within or without the state, on all complaints for
            divorce;
         
(3) May issue any process that may be necessary to carry into effect all powers conferred
            upon the court in relation to complaints and divorce; and
         
(4) Fix the times when all complaints for divorce shall be heard. These general rules
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§ 15-5-14. Return day of complaints — Notice — Issuance of process — Time of hearing.

The court may, by general rule:

(1) Determine the return day of complaints for divorce;

(2) Prescribe the notice to be given, within or without the state, on all complaints for divorce;

(3) May issue any process that may be necessary to carry into effect all powers conferred upon the court in relation to complaints and divorce; and

(4) Fix the times when all complaints for divorce shall be heard. These general rules shall be subject to special orders that the court may make in special cases.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 195, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 247, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 291, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 416, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 15-5-14; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 7; P.L. 1987, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 171, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 264, § 1.