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NAUGHTON v. GOODMAN

No. 75-35-Appeal.

363 A.2d 1345 (1976)

James NAUGHTON et al. v. Dr. Charles H. GOODMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

October 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oster, Espo, Fay & Groff, Irving N. Espo, Lincoln, for petitioners.

Julius C. Michaelson, Atty. Gen., Forrest Avila, Richard B. Woolley, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondents.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (M.H. R.H.), through its Director, is before us on its appeal from a 1974 decision1 of the Family Court directing it to assume the expenses of treating the petitioners' 18-year-old autistic child, Timothy, at the Behavioral Research Institute (B.R.I.), a day care center which specializes in the treatment of persons having serious...

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