§ 8-10-9 Assistance of services ofdepartment of corrections. – (a) The facilities of the department of corrections shall be available at alltimes to the court. The director of the department of corrections shall assignto service in the court a supervisor of probation counsellors, probationcounsellors, and other workers to carry out the purposes of the court. Thesupervisor, counsellors, and workers, when so assigned, shall be responsible tothe court and shall serve in the court at the pleasure of the chief judge inhis or her capacity as administrative judge.
(b) At the request of the court, the director of thedepartment of corrections, his or her assistants, and the bureau of mentalhygiene shall make such investigation or examination, or both, as the court orany justice thereof may request of any party within its jurisdiction, and shallfile with the court a written report of the investigation or examination, orboth, within the time fixed by the court. Any party in interest or his or hercounsel shall be entitled to examine the report, and shall be given theopportunity to cross-examine under oath the person who submits the report, andto introduce evidence in support of or in opposition to it before a decision isrendered by the court. The written report of investigation or examination shallnot be used as evidence in any criminal matter heard by the court.
(c) At the direction of the court, the supervisor ofprobation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other workers shall assumeresponsibility for the enforcement of all preliminary, interlocutory, anddecretal orders in cases referred to them by the court. The court may orderpayments of temporary or permanent alimony for the support of a wife orchildren, or both, to the supervisor, counsellors, or workers for the accountof the wife or children, or both.
§ 8-10-9 Assistance of services ofdepartment of corrections. – (a) The facilities of the department of corrections shall be available at alltimes to the court. The director of the department of corrections shall assignto service in the court a supervisor of probation counsellors, probationcounsellors, and other workers to carry out the purposes of the court. Thesupervisor, counsellors, and workers, when so assigned, shall be responsible tothe court and shall serve in the court at the pleasure of the chief judge inhis or her capacity as administrative judge.
(b) At the request of the court, the director of thedepartment of corrections, his or her assistants, and the bureau of mentalhygiene shall make such investigation or examination, or both, as the court orany justice thereof may request of any party within its jurisdiction, and shallfile with the court a written report of the investigation or examination, orboth, within the time fixed by the court. Any party in interest or his or hercounsel shall be entitled to examine the report, and shall be given theopportunity to cross-examine under oath the person who submits the report, andto introduce evidence in support of or in opposition to it before a decision isrendered by the court. The written report of investigation or examination shallnot be used as evidence in any criminal matter heard by the court.
(c) At the direction of the court, the supervisor ofprobation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other workers shall assumeresponsibility for the enforcement of all preliminary, interlocutory, anddecretal orders in cases referred to them by the court. The court may orderpayments of temporary or permanent alimony for the support of a wife orchildren, or both, to the supervisor, counsellors, or workers for the accountof the wife or children, or both.
§ 8-10-9 Assistance of services ofdepartment of corrections. – (a) The facilities of the department of corrections shall be available at alltimes to the court. The director of the department of corrections shall assignto service in the court a supervisor of probation counsellors, probationcounsellors, and other workers to carry out the purposes of the court. Thesupervisor, counsellors, and workers, when so assigned, shall be responsible tothe court and shall serve in the court at the pleasure of the chief judge inhis or her capacity as administrative judge.
(b) At the request of the court, the director of thedepartment of corrections, his or her assistants, and the bureau of mentalhygiene shall make such investigation or examination, or both, as the court orany justice thereof may request of any party within its jurisdiction, and shallfile with the court a written report of the investigation or examination, orboth, within the time fixed by the court. Any party in interest or his or hercounsel shall be entitled to examine the report, and shall be given theopportunity to cross-examine under oath the person who submits the report, andto introduce evidence in support of or in opposition to it before a decision isrendered by the court. The written report of investigation or examination shallnot be used as evidence in any criminal matter heard by the court.
(c) At the direction of the court, the supervisor ofprobation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other workers shall assumeresponsibility for the enforcement of all preliminary, interlocutory, anddecretal orders in cases referred to them by the court. The court may orderpayments of temporary or permanent alimony for the support of a wife orchildren, or both, to the supervisor, counsellors, or workers for the accountof the wife or children, or both.
