§ 15-18-1 - Legislative findings.
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.