In a short exchange recorded in a court session identified in accompanying material as the Municipal Court of Providence, a court official told a woman identified by the transcript as Maria that she would be charged $125 but that the Filomena Fund would pay the charge.

Maria, identified only by her first name in the transcript, said she is from Brazil and praised the United States, saying she appreciated the country’s freedoms and opportunities. "I came here as an immigrant, illegal, and I get my green card in my own, and, I find my work in my own," she said, and added that she plans "to put in my paper for US citizen, next week."

The court official praised Maria’s statement about loving the country and repeatedly framed the exchange around the idea that many Americans’ families came from other countries. The official then said, "Maria, I'm gonna charge you $125, but I'm gonna have the Filomena Fund pay for it. So it's not gonna cost you anything." The official presented that arrangement as the immediate resolution recorded in the transcript.

The transcript does not record a formal vote or a written order in the record provided; the payment arrangement is recorded as a verbal resolution during the session. No statute, ordinance or formal authority is cited in the transcript for the use of the Filomena Fund to pay the charge.

The session text ends after the court official’s assurance about the fee; no further procedural steps or written disposition are included in the provided transcript.