§ 14-1-44 - Effect of order for maintenance – Enforcement. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 14-1-44

   § 14-1-44  Effect of order for maintenance– Enforcement. – (a) The order and decree shall be regarded as a judgment for debt on whichsuits may be brought or executions may issue for amounts due and unpaid, fromtime to time, to be shown by affidavits of the custodian of the child entitledto those amounts and the attorney of record, if any, of the custodian, theexecutions to run against the goods and chattels of the parent, and for want ofgoods and chattels against the body of the parent. The law officer of any townor city or the state attorney-general of the state may enter appearance for thepurpose of obtaining or enforcing any order and decree for support in the caseof a child in which the town, city, or state is an interested party.

   (b) The court shall have any and all of the powers of a courtof equity for the purpose of enforcing any of these orders and decrees.