TITLE 14
Delinquent and Dependent Children
CHAPTER 14-1
Proceedings in Family Court
SECTION 14-1-28
§ 14-1-28 Transfer of cases from other
courts.
If, during the pendency of a criminal or quasi-criminal charge against any
person in any other court it shall be ascertained that the person was under the
age of eighteen (18) years at the time of committing the alleged offense, it
shall be the duty of the court to immediately transfer the case, together with
all the papers, documents, and records of testimony connected with the case, to
the family court. The court making the transfer shall order the child to be
taken immediately to the family court or to the place of detention designated
by the family court, or release the child in the custody of some suitable
person, to appear before the family court at a time designated by the family
court. The family court shall upon the transfer proceed to hear and dispose of
the case in the same manner as if it had been instituted in that court in the
first instance.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-28; impl. am. P.L.
1961, ch. 73, § 14.)
