§ 15-5-16.3 Allowance regarded as judgment
for debt. –
Any allowance or order made by the family court pursuant to §§
15-5-16 and 15-5-16.2 shall be regarded as a judgment for debt so that suits
may be brought or executions may issue on it for amounts due and unpaid, from
time to time, to be shown by affidavits of the person entitled to the amounts
due and the attorney of record of the person, the executions to run against the
goods and chattels of the husband or wife, as the case may be; and the court
may make all necessary orders and decrees concerning the suits or executions,
and the court at any time may alter, amend, and annul for sufficient cause,
after notice to the interested parties.
(P.L. 1979, ch. 279, § 2.)