§ 15-18-1 - Legislative findings. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-18-1

   § 15-18-1  Legislative findings. – The general assembly finds and declares that:

   (1) An increasingly large percentage of children in thisstate live in single parent households;

   (2) Almost one-half ( 1/2) of single parent households haveincome below the poverty level;

   (3) In excess of forty thousand (40,000) children in thestate are receiving state aid through the Aid to Families with DependentChildren (AFDC) program;

   (4) Children in families where parents are separated ordivorced are at greater risk of economic deprivation than in two (2) parentfamilies.