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Anne C. Travers, Chief Family Court Division
The juvenile division of the Office of the Public Defender consists
of attorneys who specialize exclusively in juvenile wayward and
delinquency proceedings. All juvenile attorneys have offices at
160 Pine Street, Providence, RI 02903 from which they represent
clients in courthouses across the state. Parents who have the financial
means are expected to retain counsel to represent their children;
in cases where juveniles are emancipated, or estranged from their
families, or where the petition is filed by a parent, the juvenile’s
financial eligibility is determined based upon his or her own assets.
The juvenile attorneys represent clients from pre-arraignment diversion
and arraignment through the conclusion of the proceedings in the
Family Court, including any reviews which occur until the juvenile
reaches the age of twenty-one or the Family Court relinquishes jurisdiction.
Public Defender attorneys do not generally represent juveniles in
municipal courts or in school-based truancy courts.
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