Legal Opinion
In Re Kyle S.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 14, 1997No. 96-156-AppealPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.
This case comes before the court on the basis of three certified questions from the Family Court pursuant to G.L.1956 § 9-24-27. The relevant facts are not in dispute and are as follows,
Kyle S. was born to respondents Janice Woodward Sabatini and Thomas Sabatini on March 18, 1995. As a result of the parents’ previous involvement with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (the department or DCYF), the hospital authorized a seventy-two-hour detention of Kyle and notified DCYF of his birth. The department then obtained an ex parte order of detention from…
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- In Re Kristen B.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
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