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RI Gen L § 15-17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-5 - Amendment - Revocation.

§ 15-17-5. Amendment — Revocation.(a) After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written agreement signed by the parties.(b) The amended agreement or the revocation is enforceable without consideration.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-17-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-6 - Enforcement.

§ 15-17-6. Enforcement.(a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is sought proves that:(1) That party did not execute the agreement voluntarily; and(2) The agreement was unconscionable when it was executed and, before execution of the agreement, that party:(i) Was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party;(ii) Did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, any right to disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party beyond the disclosure provided; and(iii) Did not have, or reasonably could not have had, an adequate knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the other party.(b) The burden of proof as to each of the elements required in order to have a premarital agreement held to be unenforceable shall be on the party seeking to have the agreement declared unenforceable and must be proven by clear and convincing evidence.(c) If a provision of a premarital agreement modifies or eliminates spousal support and that modification or elimination causes one party to the agreement to be eligible for support under a program of public assistance at the time of separation or marital dissolution, a court, notwithstanding the terms of the agreement, may require the other party to provide support to the extent necessary to avoid that eligibility.(d) An issue of unconscionability of a premarital agreement shall be decided by the court as a matter of law.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-17-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-7 - Enforcement - Void marriage.

§ 15-17-7. Enforcement — Void marriage.If a marriage is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement is enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-17-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-8 - Limitation of actions.

§ 15-17-8. Limitation of actions.Any statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief under a premarital agreement is tolled during the marriage of the parties to the agreement. However, equitable defenses limiting the time for enforcement, including laches and estoppel, are available to either party.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-17-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-9 - Applicability and construction.

§ 15-17-9. Applicability and construction.This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-17-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-10 - Short title.

§ 15-17-10. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Premarital Agreement Act".History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-17-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-17 - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act|Section 15-17-11 - Severability.

§ 15-17-11. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 449, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support|Section 15-18-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 15-18-1. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds and declares that:(1) An increasingly large percentage of children in this state live in single parent households;(2) Almost one-half (½) of single parent households have income below the poverty level;(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;(4) Children in families where parents are separated or divorced are at greater risk of economic deprivation than in two (2) parent families.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-18-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support|Section 15-18-2 - Establishment - Purpose.

§ 15-18-2. Establishment — Purpose.There is established a commission on child support to study all aspects of child support. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) The number of children eligible for and/or receiving child support;(2) The amount of support being ordered paid by the courts and the actual amount being paid;(3) The methods used in determining the amount of child support;(4) The methods used in enforcing support orders.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support|Section 15-18-3 - Membership.

§ 15-18-3. Membership.(a) The commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members: three (3) of whom shall be members of the house of representatives, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the speaker; two (2) of whom shall be from the senate, not more than one from the same political party, to be appointed by the president of the senate; one of whom shall be the chief judge of the family court, or his or her designee; one of whom shall be the chairperson of the supreme court advisory committee on women in the courts; one of whom shall be a magistrate of the family court to be appointed by the chief judge of the family court; one of whom shall be the director of the department of human services or his or her designee; two (2) of whom shall be attorneys who are members of the family court bench bar committee to be appointed by the chairperson of the committee; one of whom shall be the chief counsel of the legal aid society; one of whom shall be a member of a child support advocacy group to be appointed by the governor; and two (2) members of the general public who, at their time of appointment, are custodial parents to be appointed by the governor. Members from the family court bench bar committee, members from the general public, and the member from the child support advocacy group shall serve two (2) year terms.(b) Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the appointing authority in the same manner as the original appointment.(c) The members shall annually elect, by majority vote, one of the members as chairperson, one of the members as vice-chairperson, and one of the members as secretary.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 442, § 9; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 13.
RI Gen L § 15-18-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support|Section 15-18-4 - Technical assistance.

§ 15-18-4. Technical assistance.All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish any advice and information, documentary and otherwise, to the commission and its agents that is deemed necessary or desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-18-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support|Section 15-18-5 - Reports and recommendations.

§ 15-18-5. Reports and recommendations.The commission shall report to the general assembly at least every two (2) years its findings and the results of its studies, and shall make such recommendations to the general assembly as it deems advisable.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 6, § 34.
RI Gen L § 15-18-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-18 - Commission on Child Support|Section 15-18-6 - Place of meeting.

§ 15-18-6. Place of meeting.The speaker of the house shall provide adequate space in the state house for the use of the commission; provided, that the commission may conduct hearings and hold meetings elsewhere when doing so will better serve its purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-19-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-19 - Child Support Security Deposit Act|Section 15-19-1 - Short title.

§ 15-19-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Child Support Security Deposit Act".History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 462, § 1.
RI Gen L § 15-20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-20 - Child Support Notification|Section 15-20-1 - Notification to and by employer.

§ 15-20-1. Notification to and by employer.(a) With respect to any support order maintained and enforced under the Rhode Island Family Court/Department of Administration, division of taxation, Child Support Enforcement System ("CSE System"), the clerk of the family court and/or the department of administration, division of taxation shall notify the current employer of the obligor parent of the existence of such order. The director of the department shall, by regulation, prescribe the timing and the form of the notice and the information to be provided in the notice, and the form, timing, and content of all other notices required under this chapter.(b) Within ten (10) days of the termination of an obligor parent employee, the employer shall notify the department of administration, division of taxation, child support enforcement, of the termination of the employee, and the date of the termination.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 7.
RI Gen L § 15-20-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-20 - Child Support Notification|Section 15-20-2 - Duty of obligor parent to notify department.

§ 15-20-2. Duty of obligor parent to notify department.(a) When the obligor parent changes employers, the obligor parent shall promptly notify his or her subsequent employer of his or her order for child support and/or health insurance and shall notify the department of administration, division of taxation, child support enforcement, of his or her new employment, and the department shall transfer the assignment, garnishment, or the order for child support and/or health insurance to the subsequent employer.(b) If an assignment, garnishment, or order for child support and/or health insurance is in effect under this section but cannot be executed because the obligor parent has no employer, the department shall send the assignment, garnishment, or order for child support or health insurance to any employer who later employs the obligor as soon as the new employment is ascertained; provided, that the obligor parent's obligation on the order shall continue, regardless of employment or lack of it, unless suspended by order of the family court.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 7.
RI Gen L § 15-20-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-20 - Child Support Notification|Section 15-20-3 - Penalties.

§ 15-20-3. Penalties.Failure by an obligor parent to comply with the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6.
RI Gen L § 15-20-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-20 - Child Support Notification|Section 15-20-4 - Duty of parent to notify department - Residence.

§ 15-20-4. Duty of parent to notify department — Residence.(a) When the obligor parent and/or custodial parent change residence it shall be the duty of this parent to notify the department of the change of residence within ten (10) days.(b) This section applies to all cases brought pursuant to the Rhode Island state plan for child and spousal support, in conformance with title IV-D, part D of the Federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.(c) The procedures set forth in § 15-5-16.2(h) relative to notice shall apply to all cases recorded with the Rhode Island family court/department of administration, division of taxation, child support enforcement system where services are not being provided under the state plan.(d) All notices and pleadings shall be mailed and/or served to the appropriate party at the most recent address of record.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 8.
RI Gen L § 15-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-1 - Arrearages - Collection procedures.

§ 15-21-1. Arrearages — Collection procedures.(a) The department of administration, division of taxation, child support enforcement, in accordance with Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., is authorized to institute collection procedures for all arrearages which accrue against child support payments owed pursuant to a court judgment or support order.(b) These collection procedures shall include, but not be limited to, notification to employers that a wage assignment is in effect and not suspended; notification to obligors; demand letters; use of state and federal tax refund intercept programs; initiation of contempt proceedings; use of lien, levy, and foreclosure of lien as provided in this chapter; garnishment or attachment of or lien against property; trustee process; civil actions; and any other civil remedy including body attachment, where appropriate, available for the enforcement of judgments or for the enforcement of child support orders.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 10.
RI Gen L § 15-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-2 - Creation of lien.

§ 15-21-2. Creation of lien.(a) A child support obligation or reimbursement order which is enforceable by the department of administration, division of taxation, child support enforcement, in accordance with Title IV Part D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., and which is unpaid in whole or in part shall, as of the date on which it was due, be a lien in favor of the obligee or assignee in an amount sufficient to satisfy unpaid child support, whether the amount due is a fixed sum or is accruing periodically. Once a child support lien arises, the lien shall incorporate any unpaid child support which may accrue in the future and shall not terminate except as provided in § 15-21-4(g). The lien shall encumber all tangible and intangible property, whether real or personal, and rights to property, whether legal or equitable, belonging to the obligor including, but not limited to, the obligor's interest in any jointly held property. An interest in personal property acquired by the obligor after the child support lien arises shall be subject to the lien. Without limiting the forgoing, "property" as used in this chapter shall also include insurance and workers' compensation payments.(b) In any case where a lien arises in jointly held property, a non-obligor joint party whose interest appears of record or is otherwise known to the department shall receive notice of intent to lien and may request an administrative hearing with the department to contest the scope of the property interests of the lien or may seek judicial review by motion to the family court. Service of the notice shall be made by first class mail.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 10; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 26; P.L. 2005, ch. 410, § 8.
RI Gen L § 15-21-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-5 - Levy of personal property.

§ 15-21-5. Levy of personal property.(a) In any case where the department has perfected a lien pursuant to § 15-21-4, the department may collect unpaid child support and levy upon all property as provided in this section. The department shall have the authority to issue an administrative notice of levy or administrative writ of execution to effectuate a levy under this chapter of the law. The term "levy" includes the power of seizure by any means authorized by law. The department may seize and sell any property that is subject to levy. Any person in possession of property upon which a lien has been imposed shall, upon demand, surrender the property to the department.(b) A levy on property held by an organization with respect to a life insurance or endowment contract shall, without necessity for the surrender of the contract document, constitute a demand by the department for payment of the amount of the lien and the exercise of the right of the obligor to the advance of that amount. The organization shall pay the amount within ninety (90) days after service of notice of levy. The levy shall be deemed to be satisfied if the organization pays over to the department the full amount which the obligor could have had advanced to him or her, provided that the amount does not exceed the amount of the lien.(c) Whenever any property upon which levy has been made is not sufficient to satisfy the claim of the state for which levy is made, the department may thereafter, as often as necessary, proceed to levy, with notice, upon any other personal property of the obligor liable to levy, until the amount due from him or her, together with expenses, is fully paid. In all cases, any support obligations shall be fully satisfied prior to payments for expenses.(d) Upon demand by the department, a person who fails or refuses to surrender personal property subject to levy shall be liable in his or her own person and estate to the state in a sum equal to the value of the property not so surrendered, but not exceeding the amount of the lien, together with costs and interest, at the rate authorized for civil judgments, from the date of the levy. In addition, any person required to surrender property who fails or refuses to surrender the property without reasonable cause shall be liable for a penalty equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount recoverable. The interest or penalty incurred under this subsection shall be paid to the general fund and shall not be credited against the child support liability. Any non-obligor party aggrieved by a decision of the department may, within ten (10) days of receipt of notice of demand, request an administrative hearing with the department.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6; P.L. 2001, ch. 155, § 5.
RI Gen L § 15-21-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-6 - Release from liability.

§ 15-21-6. Release from liability.(a) Any person in possession of, or obligated with respect to, personal property who upon demand by the department surrenders the property or discharges the obligation to the department, or who pays a liability under this section, shall be discharged from any obligation or liability to the obligor arising from the surrender or payment.(b) In the case of a levy on an organization with respect to a life insurance or endowment contract, which is satisfied pursuant to this section, the organization shall also be discharged from any obligation or liability to any beneficiary arising from the surrender of payment.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, 6; § P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6.
RI Gen L § 15-21-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-8 - Civil actions not precluded.

§ 15-21-8. Civil actions not precluded.(a) In any case where there has been a refusal or neglect to pay any child support or to discharge any liability in respect to child support, whether or not a levy has been made, the department, in addition to other modes of relief, may file an action in the family court.(b) The filing of a civil action shall not preclude the department from enforcing the child support order through the use of any administrative means permitted by federal or state law.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6.
RI Gen L § 15-21-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-9 - Written notice to obligor.

§ 15-21-9. Written notice to obligor.At the time of perfecting a lien, executing a levy, or seizing any property, the department shall send written notice to the obligor by first class mail of the action taken.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6.
RI Gen L § 15-21-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-10 - Judicial review.

§ 15-21-10. Judicial review.Any person aggrieved by a determination of the department pursuant to this chapter may seek judicial review within thirty (30) days of the department's decision on exemptions or within thirty (30) days of the department's final determination by filing a motion with the court. Commencement of the review shall not, unless specifically ordered, stay enforcement of the child support collection procedures described in § 15-21-1.[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 6; P.L. 2001, ch. 155, § 5.
RI Gen L § 15-21-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15-21 - Child Support Lien Act|Section 15-21-11 - Full faith and credit of liens.

§ 15-21-11. Full faith and credit of liens.A lien procured by another jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be accorded full faith and credit without the requirement of a hearing.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 11.