§ 14-3-1 - Power to take custody of children. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 14-3-1

   § 14-3-1  Power to take custody ofchildren. – Any orphanage or society organized and incorporated under the laws of thisstate for the care of orphans and needy children, and having a license for thatpurpose from the department of children, youth, and families, is authorized andempowered to take and have, from time to time, the exclusive care, custody, andcontrol of children during their minority, in cases as follows:

   (1) When any child shall have been committed to its careduring minority, under the decree of any court; and

   (2) When any child shall have been committed to its careduring minority, by the written consent of both parents of the child, unlesstheir joint natural guardianship has been superseded by an order, decree,decision, or judgment, regarding the care and custody of the child, or by theappointment of a legal guardian of the person of the child, in which eventwritten consent shall be signed by the person legally entitled to the care andcustody of the child, or by the legal guardian of the person of the child.