An excellent website that Attorney Pearsall has participated on as a panel attorney for the past few years is LawGuru.com It is a great resource for professionals and consumers alike. We will try to keep you informed of great sites such as these throughout the internet to help you with your legal rights in Rhode Island and elsewhere. My best to all our readers. Authored By: Christopher A. Pearsall, Attorney-at-Law Rhode Island's Full-Time Divorce* Lawyer is Now Rhode Island's Only Divorce and... Read Full Story

I apologize to my readers. I created this website with the purpose of providing articles that assist the people who come before the Rhode Island Family Court with their family law matters. Regrettably I diverged from this purpose and spent time and energy voicing my personal opposition to Judge Laureen D'Ambra for the open seat on our Rhode Island Supreme Court. While I do not waiver from my opposition, this is not the forum within which to address it. Therefore, I have removed the most recen... Read Full Story

The commission to submit the names of individuals to be considered for a position on the Rhode Island Supreme Court will reconvene Tuesday night, November 17, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. in the Department of Health Building’s Lower Level Auditorium to take public comment on the candidates and vote on the candidates. It will select three to five finalists to send to Governor Carcieri, who will then choose one of them to become the new Supreme Court justice. Rhode Island law says that in choosing the fin... Read Full Story

A call from a lawyer colleague alerted me to the fact that Judge Laureen D'Ambra is being considered as one of the nominees for a position on our Rhode Island Supreme Court was enough to increase my concern for the people of our fair state. How many stories are there about Judge Laureen D'Ambra and the damage she caused to Rhode Island Families while she was assigned to the domestic calendarin Washington County for two (2) years on the Domestic Calendar? I know of six (6) families victimized ... Read Full Story

Many things can prevent a Rhode Island Divorce Case from settling. In fact, while I cannot speak for all attorneys in other states I tend to believe that people and attorneys do not differ that much from state to state. With that in mind, these may, in fact, be the top two things that prevent divorces from settling on a national basis. * * * The 2nd Greatest Thing that Prevents Divorce Settlements * * * In my Rhode Island divorce practice, experience has taught me that "anger" is the second g... Read Full Story

Question: Can my girlfriend move our kids out of state if i disagree? Answer: Without an Order from the Family Court prohibiting your girlfriend from moving your natural biological children, or legally adopted children out of the State of Rhode Island, then, Yes, there is nothing to prevent your girlfriend from moving out of Rhode Island with the children if she is the natural biological mother of the children or the lawful mother by adoption. If you want to stop this you would need to take i... Read Full Story

Question: Can my girlfriend move our kids out of state if i disagree? Answer: Without an Order from the Family Court prohibiting your girlfriend from moving your natural biological children, or legally adopted children out of the State of Rhode Island, then, Yes, there is nothing to prevent your girlfriend from moving out of Rhode Island with the children if she is the natural biological mother of the children or the lawful mother by adoption. If you want to stop this you would need to take i... Read Full Story

Imagine for a moment that you are a divorce lawyer in Coventry, Rhode Island. You are one of thousands of lawyers in Rhode Island. Yet you want to make a difference. What might you do in the area of divorce law? Would you try to generate more uncontested divorces in families involving children to prevent all the broken homes? Perhaps you would envision that by pushing for more uncontested divorce proceedings in the Rhode Island Family Courts you would promote less hostility and better family ... Read Full Story

Definition of Rhode Island Legal Custody Rhode Island Legal Custody is the legal right of a natural biological parent or legally adoptive parent under Rhode Island law to participate in the decision making process for "major decisions" relating to the parent's natural biological child or legally adopted child. Major decisions have been recognized by Rhode Island law including, 1) Education 2) Religious Upbringing, 3) Medical and Healthcare, and 4) Other major issues relating to the well-being... Read Full Story

QUESTION: My ex-husband kept the information from me that we have actually been divorced since 2008 from me. During all that time till now he had me thinking we are still married so I have been working on our marriage. I want to know if i can sue him because of this. ANSWER: In order to obtain a Final Judgment of divorce in Rhode Island, your ex-husband had to serve with the divorce papers in a way that was sufficient to give you notice of the divorce proceeding that meets due process standar... Read Full Story