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R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-3-1. Power to take custody of children
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Any orphanage or society organized and incorporated under the laws of this state for the care of orphans and needy children, and having a license for that purpose from the department of children, youth, and families, is authorized and empowered to take and have, from time to time…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-3-2. Proceedings to declare child in care of orphanage dependent or neglected
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If the parents of any child in the care of an institution are dead, and the child has no guardian, or if any child shall have been maintained by an institution for the space of one year without aid in its support from its parents or guardian, or demand for its custody by either p…