Title 6
Commercial Law — General Regulatory Provisions

Chapter 16
Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-16-8.1

§ 6-16-8.1. Intentional concealment of support.

(a) Whoever receives or conceals an asset of another knowing that the asset is being transferred for the purpose of concealing it to avoid payment of an order or judgment for support issued pursuant to chapters 5, 9, 10, 11.1, and 13 of title 15, or pursuant to any similar laws of other states, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b) Whoever shall transfer an asset for the purpose of concealing it to avoid payment of an order or judgment for support issued pursuant to chapters 5, 9, 10, 11.1, and 13 of title 15, or pursuant to any similar laws of other states, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both by that fine or imprisonment.

History of Section.
P.L. 2001, ch. 276, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 14.