Title 6
Commercial Law — General Regulatory Provisions

Chapter 16
Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-16-8.2

§ 6-16-8.2. Fraudulent conveyance by transferor of child support — Civil action.

(a) A person who has been adjudged to be in contempt of an order or judgment for child support entered pursuant to chapters 9, 10, 11.1, and 13 of title 15 who knowingly makes a conveyance without fair consideration to an individual for a fraudulent purpose relating to avoiding payment of the order or judgment shall be liable in a civil action to the obligee under the order or judgment in an amount equal to the value of the conveyance made.

(b) A person shall not be liable under this section if the conveyance made does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in value in any calendar year.

(c) For the purpose of this section, “conveyance” means any payment of money, gift, assignment, transfer, or lease of tangible or intangible property.

(d) A conveyance shall be deemed to be made without fair consideration unless the conveyance was made in exchange for property or goods of equal value or to satisfy an existing debt created in good faith.

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