§ 15-11.1-1 Short title
§ 15-11.1-2 Definitions
§ 15-11.1-3 Notice
§ 15-11.1-4 Family court compliance hearing
§ 15-11.1-5 Automatic stay pending compliance hearing
§ 15-11.1-6 Certification of noncompliance
§ 15-11.1-7 Suspension by board – Notice from board
§ 15-11.1-8 Reporting
§ 15-11.1-9 Repealed
§ 15-11.1-10 Rules and regulations
§ 15-11.1-11 Cooperative agreements with boards
§ 15-11.1-12 Severability

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 15-11.1 - Full Enforcement of Support Obligations

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.