{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-26-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-26-4","heading":"Change in payee.","body":"In cases in which support is assigned to the state pursuant to § 40-6-9 and where there is an existing child support order made payable to the obligee, after notice to the obligor and obligee, the state collection and disbursement unit and/or any other state or federal agency taking action to establish or enforce a child support or medical order shall direct the obligor or other payer through a wage withholding order to change the payee to the appropriate instate or interstate government entity without the necessity of a court order or a hearing relative to the child support order.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 26 State Disbursement Unit for the Collection and Distribution of Child Support"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-26/15-26-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:40Z","sha256":"2704fe87a9ec06cd3a0c4d819998ffd454544e756a67b99499a6893d3c227681","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-26-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-28-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}