§ 11-2-3 - Complaints for nonsupport – Liability for costs.
SECTION 11-2-3
§ 11-2-3 Complaints for nonsupport –Liability for costs. – (a) The director of the department of human services or his or her designee, orchief of police, or director of public welfare of any city or town, or anyofficer that the town council of any town or the city council of any city mayappoint for the purpose, may make a complaint against any person for any of theoffenses mentioned in § 11-2-1; and whenever any complaint shall be madeby any of the officers listed in this subsection on account of the violation of§ 11-2-1, the officer complainant shall not be required to give surety forcosts, but shall give his or her personal recognizance and be liable in his orher individual capacity.
(b) Pursuant to § 11-2-1.1, the department of humanservices, after an investigation to determine the extent of an arrearage andthe ability of the obligor to pay the arrearage or some portion of it may referthe case to the attorney general for prosecution in the family court for thecounty in which the obligor resides, unless the person does not reside withinthe state, then the prosecution may be brought in the family court forProvidence County.
[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]