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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.

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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.

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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.