{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-18-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-18-1","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"The general assembly finds and declares that:\n(1) An increasingly large percentage of children in this state live in single parent households;\n(2) Almost one-half (½) of single parent households have income below the poverty level;\n(3) In excess of forty thousand (40,000) children in the state are receiving state aid through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program;\n(4) Children in families where parents are separated or divorced are at greater risk of economic deprivation than in two (2) parent families.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 18 Commission on Child Support"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-18/15-18-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:38Z","sha256":"b635782f50b7f6192ad372e16b901142c3301e3d1a416f43d376ef5e38d2bd6b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-17-11","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-18-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}