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SECTION 40-5.2-29

§ 40-5.2-29 Non-custodial parents. –Employment obligations. Any non-custodial parent who is required byorder of the family court to pay support to any family receiving assistance ofany kind under this chapter, and who is unemployed and, in whole or in part asa result of such unemployment, has failed to comply with all of the terms ofsuch support order may, if permitted by a justice of the family court, purgehis or her contempt by accepting employment approved by the court, paying wagesno less than the state minimum wage and/or by participation on a full-timebasis in a rapid job placement program.

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SECTION 40-5.2-29

§ 40-5.2-29 Non-custodial parents. –Employment obligations. Any non-custodial parent who is required byorder of the family court to pay support to any family receiving assistance ofany kind under this chapter, and who is unemployed and, in whole or in part asa result of such unemployment, has failed to comply with all of the terms ofsuch support order may, if permitted by a justice of the family court, purgehis or her contempt by accepting employment approved by the court, paying wagesno less than the state minimum wage and/or by participation on a full-timebasis in a rapid job placement program.

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SECTION 40-5.2-29

§ 40-5.2-29 Non-custodial parents. –Employment obligations. Any non-custodial parent who is required byorder of the family court to pay support to any family receiving assistance ofany kind under this chapter, and who is unemployed and, in whole or in part asa result of such unemployment, has failed to comply with all of the terms ofsuch support order may, if permitted by a justice of the family court, purgehis or her contempt by accepting employment approved by the court, paying wagesno less than the state minimum wage and/or by participation on a full-timebasis in a rapid job placement program.