The 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 (½) 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. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 344, § 1.
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