Title 40, Title 40 Services

The district court at any session thereof in any county where any kindred shall reside, upon the petition of the director of public welfare of any town, or the department of human services of the state through its representative duly appointed for that purpose, who shall have bee…

The director of public welfare of any town, or the department of human services of the state through its representative duly appointed, shall apply to the clerk of the district court for, and the clerk shall thereupon issue, a citation substantially in the form of the citation pr…

Upon suggestion made, other kindred of ability, not named in the citation, may be notified, and the process may be continued; and upon due notice, whether they appear or are defaulted, the court may proceed against them in the same manner as if they had been named in the citation…

An assessment shall not extend to any expense for any relief afforded more than six (6) months previous to the filing of the petition.

The court may further assess and apportion upon any kindred such weekly sums for the future as they shall judge sufficient for the support of the pauper, to be paid quarterly into the clerk’s office of the court, to the use of the director, until further order of the court; and u…

The court may further order with any kindred who may desire it, that the pauper shall live and be relieved, for such time with one and for such time with another, as they shall judge proper, having regard to the comfort of the pauper as well as to the convenience of the kindred.

The directors of public welfare shall have the care and oversight of all such poor and indigent persons settled in their respective towns.

If the petition be not entered, or be discontinued or withdrawn, or adjudged groundless, the respondent shall recover costs.

Upon application of any party interested, the court may, from time to time, vary any order by it made in the premises, or alter any assessment or apportionment by it made as provided in this chapter, to meet a change of circumstances.

The directors of public welfare shall see that poor and indigent persons in their respective towns are suitably relieved, supported, and employed, either in the workhouse or in other tenements belonging to towns, or in such other way and manner as the inhabitants of the respectiv…

The city council of the city of Providence may prescribe the mode in which, and extent to which, the director of public welfare of the city shall afford temporary relief to poor and indigent persons who are not supported and employed in the asylum, or other tenements belonging to…