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Chief Family Court judge strikes down challenge to magistrate deciding divorce case. What it means.
A Rhode Island Chief Family Court judge allowed magistrates to hear contested divorce cases in the state.
Katie Mulvaney
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Should magistrates oversee contested divorce cases? Why Common Cause RI is objecting.
“If Family Court magistrates are allowed to conduct trials, they should be chosen in the same manner that Family Court judges are selected – through the Merit Selection process."
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Who watches to make sure RI judges act ethically? A look at the panel veiled in secrecy
Can the U.S. Supreme Court learn from Rhode Island's code of ethics?
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Good-government advocates fault state’s refusal to release RISP misconduct records
Transparency experts criticize Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office's decision to deny an Access to Public Records request filed by the Providence Journal for documents detailing a former Rhode Island State Police lieutenant colonel’s alleged dishonesty.