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RI Gen L § 33-16-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-28 - Effect of commitments by foreign courts.

§ 33-16-28. Effect of commitments by foreign courts.The judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or of the District of Columbia committing a person to the veterans administration, or other agency of the United States government for care or treatment shall have the same force and effect as to the committed person while in this state as in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the judgment or making the order; and the courts of the committing state, or the District of Columbia, shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the person committed for the purpose of inquiring into the mental condition of the person, and of determining the necessity for continuance of his or her restraint as is provided in § 33-16-27 with respect to persons committed by the courts of this state. Consent is hereby given to the application of the law of the committing state or district in respect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the veterans administration, or of any institution operated in this state by any other agency of the United States, to retain custody, or transfer, parole, or discharge the committed person.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-28.
RI Gen L § 33-16-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-29 - Transfer of persons with mental illness to federal agencies.

§ 33-16-29. Transfer of persons with mental illness to federal agencies.Upon receipt of a certificate of the veterans administration or other agency of the United States that facilities are available for the care or treatment of any person theretofore committed to any hospital or other institution for the care or treatment of persons with mental illness and that the person is eligible for care or treatment, the superintendent of the institution may cause the transfer of the person to the veterans administration or other agency of the United States for care or treatment. Upon effecting any transfer, the committing court or proper court officer shall be notified of the transfer by the transferring agency. No person shall be transferred to the veterans administration or other agency of the United States if he or she be confined pursuant to conviction of any felony or misdemeanor, or if he or she has been acquitted of the charge solely on the ground of insanity, unless prior to transfer the court or other authority originally committing the person shall enter an order for such transfer after appropriate motion and hearing.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-29; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 78; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 78.
RI Gen L § 33-16-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-30 - Transfer to federal agency having effect of original commitment.

§ 33-16-30. Transfer to federal agency having effect of original commitment.Any person transferred as provided in § 33-16-29 shall be deemed to be committed to the veterans administration or other agency of the United States pursuant to the original commitment.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-30.
RI Gen L § 33-16-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-31 - Commitment of insane person to federal agency.

§ 33-16-31. Commitment of insane person to federal agency.Upon the written application of the parent, guardian, relative or friend of any person, accompanied by the certificate of two (2) practicing physicians, registered in the state, that the person is insane, the veterans administration or other agency of the United States government, is hereby authorized to receive the insane person for care and treatment upon terms as may be fixed by the veterans administration or other agency of the United States government in its discretion.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-31.
RI Gen L § 33-16-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-32 - Applicability of general laws of guardian and ward.

§ 33-16-32. Applicability of general laws of guardian and ward.Except where inconsistent with this chapter, laws of this state relating to guardian, ward, and the judicial practice relating thereto, including the right to trial by jury and the right of appeal, shall be applicable to beneficiaries and their estates.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-32.
RI Gen L § 33-16-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-33 - Applicability of chapter to guardians appointed under other law.

§ 33-16-33. Applicability of chapter to guardians appointed under other law.The provisions of this chapter relating to surety bonds and the administration of estates of wards shall apply to all "income" and "estate" as defined in § 33-16-2, whether the guardian shall have been appointed under this chapter or under any other law of this state, special or general, prior or subsequent to the enactment of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-33.
RI Gen L § 33-16-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-34 - Uniformity of construction.

§ 33-16-34. Uniformity of construction.This chapter shall be construed to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-34.
RI Gen L § 33-16-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-16 - Veterans' Guardianships|Section 33-16-35 - Severability.

§ 33-16-35. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-35.
RI Gen L § 33-17-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-1 - Conditions of bond.

§ 33-17-1. Conditions of bond.Every executor, administrator, and guardian, before entering upon the execution of his or her trust, shall give bond to the probate court in any sum as it shall require, with sufficient surety or sureties, and with condition, except as provided in §§ 33-17-3 and 33-17-4, substantially as follows:(1) In the case of an executor or administrator with the will annexed:(i) To make and return to the probate court, as by law required, a true inventory of all the testator's personal property which, at the time of making the inventory, shall have come to his or her possession or knowledge.(ii) To administer according to law and the will of the testator, all the personal property of the testator which may come to his or her possession or into the possession of any person for him or her, and all rents and proceeds of real estate which may be received by him or her.(iii) To render upon oath true accounts of his or her administration, as by law required.(2) In the case of an administrator:(i) To make and return to the probate court, as by law required, a true inventory of all the intestate's personal property which, at the time of making the inventory, shall have come to his or her possession or knowledge.(ii) To administer according to law all the personal property of the deceased and rents which may come into his or her possession or into the possession of any person for him or her.(iii) To render upon oath true accounts of his or her administration, as by law required.(iv) To deliver his or her letters of administration into the court if a will of the deceased is thereafter proved and allowed, and to settle his or her account in the probate court and to pay over and deliver all the assets remaining in his or her hands or due from him or her on settlement to the executor of the will.(3) In the case of a guardian of an estate:(i) To make and return to the probate court, as by law required, a true inventory of all the real and personal property of the ward which, at the time of making inventory, shall have come to his or her possession or knowledge.(ii) To manage and dispose of all property according to law and for the best interests of the ward, and faithfully to perform his or her trust.(iii) To render upon oath, as by law required, a true account of the property of his or her ward and of his or her management and disposition thereof.(iv) At the expiration of his or her trust to settle his or her account in the probate court, or with the ward or his or her legal representative, and to pay over and deliver all the property remaining in his or her hands or due from him or her on settlement to the person entitled to the property.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1012; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-1.
RI Gen L § 33-17-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-1.2 - When surety not required.

§ 33-17-1.2. When surety not required.(a) No surety shall be required on any bond, including surety on a bond for the sale of real estate, of an administrator of the estate of a person who died intestate, when the administrator is the surviving spouse or the sole heir of the decedent, or when the administrator is an heir-at-law of the decedent who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the probate court that circumstances warrant the waiver of surety and/or that no surety should be required. The probate court may require surety in any instance where it finds the circumstances so warrant such surety.(b) In making a determination as to whether surety should be required, the probate court's consideration may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) The total number of the decedent's heirs at law;(2) The relationship of the heirs at law to one another;(3) The extent to which there appears to be issues and/or conflicts between the heirs at law in regard to the decedent's estate, or the corresponding lack of such issues and/or conflicts; and(4) The total size, extent and monetary value of the decedent's estate; andIn making a determination pursuant to provisions of this section, the court may conduct such hearings as it deems appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 112, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 484, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-17-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-1.3 - When surety not required for guardians.

§ 33-17-1.3. When surety not required for guardians.(a) No surety shall be required on any bond of a guardian of the person and/or estate when the guardian is the spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, or other heir at law of the ward if the guardian demonstrates to the satisfaction of the probate court that circumstances warrant the waiver of surety and/or that no surety should be required.(b) In making a determination as to whether surety should be required for guardians, the probate court's consideration may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) The total number of the ward's heirs at law;(2) The relationship of the ward's heirs at law to one another;(3) The extent to which there appears to be issues and/or conflicts between the ward's heirs at law in regard to the guardianship, or the corresponding lack of such issues and/or conflicts; and(4) The total size, extent, and monetary value of the ward's estate.(c) In making a determination pursuant to the provision of this section, the court may conduct any hearings that it deems appropriate. The provisions of this section shall apply to both temporary and/or full guardianships.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 479, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 484, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 9.
RI Gen L § 33-17-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-2 - Meaning of condition in bond of "faithful performance".

§ 33-17-2. Meaning of condition in bond of "faithful performance".A condition in any bond given to the court requiring that the executor, administrator, or guardian, as the case may be, "shall faithfully perform his or her duties according to law as such fiduciary", shall have the same force, meaning, and effect as a full recitation of the conditions imposed by the provisions of § 33-17-1 would have, if incorporated in the bond in full.History of Section.G.L., ch. 371, § 1, as enacted by P.L. 1930, ch. 1537, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-2.
RI Gen L § 33-17-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-3 - Bond to pay debts, legacies, and allowances.

§ 33-17-3. Bond to pay debts, legacies, and allowances.Instead of the above bond, an executor, if so authorized by the will, or if he or she be the residuary legatee of the will, may give a bond to the probate court in a sum and with surety satisfactory to the court, and with condition to pay the funeral charges, debts and legacies of the testator and any allowance as may be made by the court for the support of the widow and family of the testator. In this case, an executor shall not be required to return an inventory, and an executor who is a residuary legatee need not render an account to the probate court. The giving of bond shall not discharge the lien on the real property of the testator for the payment of his or her debts, except on any part as may be sold by his or her executor or administrator with the will annexed to a purchaser in good faith and for valuable consideration; and all property not so sold may be taken on execution by a creditor not otherwise satisfied, in like manner as if a bond had been given in the other form.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1013; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 2; P.L. 1915, ch. 1260, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-3.
RI Gen L § 33-17-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-4 - Testamentary exemption from bond or surety.

§ 33-17-4. Testamentary exemption from bond or surety.An order or request in a will that an executor or guardian shall be exempt from giving bond or surety shall only exempt the executor or guardian from giving surety. The probate court, however, may require the executor or guardian at any time to give bond with surety or sureties.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1015; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-4.
RI Gen L § 33-17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-5 - Failure to give bond as declination of trust.

§ 33-17-5. Failure to give bond as declination of trust.An executor, administrator, or guardian, required by the provisions of §§ 33-17-1 — 33-17-4 to give bond, who for thirty (30) days after his or her appointment fails to file a bond approved by the court, may be adjudged to have declined the trust.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1017; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-5.
RI Gen L § 33-17-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-6 - Defective bonds.

§ 33-17-6. Defective bonds.An executor, administrator or guardian who has given to the probate court an instrument purporting to be a bond, which has been accepted as a bond by the court having jurisdiction to accept it, shall be qualified as if he or she had given a proper bond, notwithstanding any defect in the instrument and notwithstanding any error committed in giving or accepting the bond; but nothing contained in this section shall affect the right of appeal in these cases or the right of the court to require a proper bond at any time. In case an appeal be sustained, the provisions of § 33-17-5 shall not apply, if a new and satisfactory bond be given within thirty (30) days after a final decree in the appeal.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1017; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-6.
RI Gen L § 33-17-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-7 - Examination and approval of bond.

§ 33-17-7. Examination and approval of bond.No bond required to be given to a probate court shall be accepted until it has been examined and approved by the court, or examined by the clerk and found to conform to the order of the court, and the approval of the court or clerk entered of record.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1018; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 7; P.L. 1915, ch. 1260, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 6; P.L. 1930, ch. 1537, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-7.
RI Gen L § 33-17-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-8 - Joint fiduciaries.

§ 33-17-8. Joint fiduciaries.Joint executors, administrators and guardians may give either a joint or several bond, or each may give a separate bond.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1019; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-8.
RI Gen L § 33-17-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-9 - Bonds payable to and suable by court - Lost bonds.

§ 33-17-9. Bonds payable to and suable by court — Lost bonds.All bonds required to be given to a probate court shall be made payable to the court, and shall be filed in the office of the probate clerk. In case a bond is lost, a copy of the record of it shall be admitted in evidence. These bonds shall be sued in the name of the court.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1020; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-9.
RI Gen L § 33-17-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-10 - Requiring further bond or sureties.

§ 33-17-10. Requiring further bond or sureties.(a) If a bond given to a probate court is insufficient either in amount or security, the court shall require further bond, surety, or sureties of the executor, administrator, or guardian, and on his or her neglect or refusal to give further bond or sureties within the time fixed by the court, the court shall remove the executor, administrator, or guardian without further notice, and appoint an administrator or guardian, respectively, to succeed him or her.(b) In the event a probate court requires: (a) a fiduciary to file a bond with surety, and the amount is subsequently ordered to be increased; or (b) in the event a bond with surety is ordered for a temporary guardian, and the bond is ordered to be increased upon the entry/appointment of a permanent guardianship, the court may order the same bond to remain in effect and to be increased in an appropriate amount, as necessary.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1021; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-10; P.L. 1999, ch. 484, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-17-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-11 - Cancelation of bond - New bond.

§ 33-17-11. Cancelation of bond — New bond.A probate court, for cause shown, may cancel the bond of an executor, administrator, or guardian so as to relieve the principal and sureties for any breach thereafter committed, and may take and accept a new and sufficient bond in its stead.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1022; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-11.
RI Gen L § 33-17-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-12 - Release of surety - New surety - Action by surety against principal.

§ 33-17-12. Release of surety — New surety — Action by surety against principal.Upon a bond taken by a probate court, the surety, or his or her heirs, executors, or administrators, may at any time make written application to the court for relief from further liability on the bond, and thereupon the court shall cause reasonable notice of the application to be given to the principal on the bond and to all persons whom the court shall find to be directly interested in the estate for the security of which the bond was given, to appear and be heard upon the application. If it appears that the petition can be granted without prejudice to the estate, the court may order the principal to give, within such time as it may limit, a new probate bond; and if the order is not complied with, may remove him or her and appoint a successor. If the new bonds be duly given and approved, the surety on the original bond and his or her representatives shall not be liable for any breach thereafter committed, nor shall the surety or sureties on the succeeding bond be liable for any default occurring prior to the approval of the new bond. In any case where the surety upon any bond has become liable on the bond, he or she shall have liberty to institute any proper suit against his or her principal for his or her protection.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1023; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-12.
RI Gen L § 33-17-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians|Section 33-17-13 - Order to principal on bond to exhibit condition of estate.

§ 33-17-13. Order to principal on bond to exhibit condition of estate.A surety, or any other person interested in a probate bond, may at any time make written application to the court for an order requiring the principal to exhibit fully before the court the condition of the estate held by him or her, so that it may be ascertained whether or not the estate is being properly managed; and thereupon the court shall cause reasonable notice of the application to be given to the principal on the bond, and if, upon hearing, the court shall find that the application is made in good faith, it shall make the order. If the principal shall refuse to obey the order, or if, upon obeying it, the court shall find that the estate is not being properly managed by him or her, it shall remove him or her and appoint a successor.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1024; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-13.