by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Judgment as a Matter of Law. (1) If during a trial by jury a party has been fully heard on an issue and there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to find for that party on that issue, the court may determine the issue against that...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
No person, who is not an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the State of Rhode Island, shall be permitted to act as attorney or counselor for any party in any proceeding, hearing, or trial in the Family Court unless granted leave to do so by the Family...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
(a) Special Verdicts. The court may require a jury to return only a special verdict in the form of a special written finding upon each issue of fact. In that event the court may submit to the jury written questions susceptible of categorical or other brief answer or...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
The forms listed in the appendix of forms are located on the Judiciary’s website at www.courts.ri.gov under the heading of Public Resources, Forms, are sufficient under the rules, and are intended to indicate the simplicity and brevity of statement which the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island
Unless the parties otherwise stipulate and the court approves, the court shall seat a jury of six (6) and the verdict shall be unanimous. R.I. Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. 48
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Domestic Relations, Family Law, Rhode Island
Rules of practice which may be adopted from time to time by a majority of the justices of the Family Court and administrative orders promulgated by the chief judge to further regulate the practice and conduct of business therein shall be deemed adopted under the power...
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