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IN RE MARLENE B.

88-120 M.P.

540 A.2d 1028 (1988)

In re MARLENE B.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis B. Brown, Court-Appointed Sp. Advocate, Providence, Kevin J. Aucoin, Tracy L. Muto, (Dept. of Children and their Families), for plaintiff.

Barbara Hurst, Paula Rosin, Laurel Cynthia Ferrelli, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The decisive issue in this controversy is whether a Family Court justice has the authority to order the detention of a thirteen-year-old (Marlene) in a secured facility, to wit, the Training School for Girls, while awaiting a hearing on a petition filed by the Department of Children and Their Families alleging that Marlene had been disobedient. On an earlier petition involving a shoplifting episode, the court found her to be a wayward...

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