Section 15-18-1 - Legislative findingsThe general assembly finds and declares that:
(1) An increasingly large percentage of children in this state live in single parent households;(2) Almost one-half (1/2) of single parent households have income below the poverty level;(3) In excess of forty thousand (40,000) children in the state are receiving state aid through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program;(4) Children in families where parents are separated or divorced are at greater risk of economic deprivation than in two (2) parent families.