{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40-5.2-29","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-5.2-29","heading":"Noncustodial parents — Employment obligations.","body":"Any noncustodial parent who is required by order of the family court to pay support to any family receiving assistance of any kind under this chapter, and who is unemployed and, in whole or in part as a result of the unemployment, has failed to comply with all of the terms of the support order may, if permitted by a justice of the family court, purge his or her contempt by accepting employment approved by the court, paying wages no less than the state minimum wage and/or by participation on a full-time basis in a rapid job-placement program.","path":["Title 40 Human Services","Chapter 5.2 The Rhode Island Works Program"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE40/40-5.2/40-5.2-29.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:24Z","sha256":"7c9844b7bfedce5b300862a7684d01d7664840b47bb386ca25f918b08fdf0a6b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40-5.2-28","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40-5.2-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}