by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
(a) Necessary Joinder. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of this rule, persons having a joint interest which is not also a several interest shall be made parties and be joined on the same side as plaintiffs or defendants. When a person who should join as a...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
(a) Joinder of Claims. The plaintiff in the complaint or in a reply setting forth a counterclaim and the defendant in an answer setting forth a counterclaim may join either as independent or as alternative claims as many claims within the jurisdiction of the Court,...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
(a) Real Party in Interest. Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest; but an executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, or a...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
In any action the court may in its discretion direct the attorneys for the parties or a self-represented litigant to appear before it for a conference to consider:(1) The simplification of the issues; (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings;...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Rhode Island, Rules of Practice
R.I. Family Court R.P. 3.7
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
(a) Amendments. A party may amend the party’s pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action has not been placed upon the trial...
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