Section 218-RICR-30-00-1.15 - Jurisdiction and Remedies1.15.1Jurisdiction of Rhode Island CourtsA. Every foreign corporation, every individual not a resident of this State or his executor or administrator, and every partnership or association, composed of any person or persons, not such residents, that shall have the necessary minimum contacts with the State of Rhode Island, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the State of Rhode Island, and the courts of this State shall hold such foreign corporations and such nonresident individuals or their executors or administrators, and such partnerships or associations amenable to suit in Rhode Island in every case not contrary to the provisions of the constitution or laws of the United States.B. Service of process may be made on any such foreign corporation, nonresident individual or his executor or administrator, and such partnership or association within or without the State in the manner provided by any applicable procedural Rule or in the manner prescribed by order of the court in which such action is brought.C. Nothing herein shall limit or affect the right to serve process upon such nonresident individual or his executor or administrator, or such partnership or association, or a foreign corporation within this State or without this State in any manner now or hereafter permitted by law.1.15.2Adjudication of Parentage of Alleged Genetic ParentR.I. Gen. Laws § 15-8.1-608 set forth under what circumstances the Court may adjudicate parentage of the alleged genetic parent. This section addresses failure to answer the complaint, admissions of parentage, and addresses when the alleged genetic parent declines to submit to testing in which case the court may adjudicate the alleged genetic parent If genetic testing results identify an individual as the genetic parent (ninety-nine percent (99%) probability) and the only other individual with a claim to parentage is the birth parent the court shall find the individual to be the genetic parent.
1.15.3Civil ActionThe Office of Child Support Services is authorized to issue subpoenas as appropriate to individuals or entities to secure financial and other information relating to the non-custodial parent for the purpose of and to the extent necessary for the administration of the Child Support Enforcement Program. An individual or entity that fails to reply to an administrative subpoena shall be liable for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the violation and shall be required to provide the information and/or comply with the request.
218 R.I. Code R. 218-RICR-30-00-1.15
Amended effective 3/29/2019
Amended effective 1/1/2021