Every person who shall violate any provision of this chapter in any case or controversy involving the abandonment or nonsupport of a child pending before the family court or any other tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed twenty (20) years. [See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]
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