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RI Gen L § 33-1.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-9 - Contingent remainder - Future interest.

§ 33-1.1-9. Contingent remainder — Future interest.As to any contingent remainder or executory or other future interest held by the slayer subject to become vested in him or her or increased in any way for him or her upon the condition of the death of the decedent:(1) If the interest would not have become vested or increased if he or she had predeceased the decedent, he or she shall be deemed to have so predeceased the decedent;(2) In any case, the interest shall not be vested or increased during the period of the life expectancy of the decedent.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-10 - Exercise of power of appointment.

§ 33-1.1-10. Exercise of power of appointment.(a) As to any exercise of a power of appointment in favor of the slayer in the will of the decedent, the slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent and the appointment to have lapsed.(b) Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent; and property so held by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons, or to a class of persons, shall pass to such person or persons, or class of persons in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the slayer.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-11 - Insurance proceeds.

§ 33-1.1-11. Insurance proceeds.(a) Insurance proceeds payable to the slayer as the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on the life of the decedent or as the survivor of a joint life policy, even though such policy or certificate was procured and maintained by the slayer and even though he or she paid all the premiums, shall be paid as if the slayer had predeceased the insured.(b) If the decedent is beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on the life of the slayer, the proceeds shall be paid to the estate of the decedent upon the death of the slayer, unless the policy names some person other than the slayer or his or her estate as alternate beneficiary, or unless the slayer, by naming a new beneficiary or assigning the policy, performs an act which would have deprived the decedent of his or her interest in the policy if he or she had been living.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-12 - Insurance companies, banks, or other obligors - Relief from liability when payment made without notice.

§ 33-1.1-12. Insurance companies, banks, or other obligors — Relief from liability when payment made without notice.Any insurance company making payment according to the terms of its policy or any bank or other person performing an obligation for the slayer as one of several joint obligors shall not be subjected to additional liability by the terms of this chapter if such payment or performance is made without written notice of the killing by a slayer, at the home office of the insurance company or bank, home, or business address of the other person, of circumstances tending to bring it within the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-13 - Purchasers for value without notice.

§ 33-1.1-13. Purchasers for value without notice.The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the rights of any person who, before the interests of the slayer have been adjudicated, purchases from the slayer for value and without notice property which the slayer would have acquired except for the terms of this chapter; but all proceeds received by the slayer from such sale shall be held by him or her in trust for the persons entitled to the property under the provisions of this chapter, and the slayer shall also be liable both for any portion of the proceeds which he or she may have dissipated and for any difference between the actual value of the property and the amount of the proceeds.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-14 - Record of conviction admissible in civil actions.

§ 33-1.1-14. Record of conviction admissible in civil actions.The record of his or her conviction of having wilfully and unlawfully killed the decedent shall be admissible in evidence against a claimant of property in any civil action arising under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-15 - Construction.

§ 33-1.1-15. Construction.This chapter shall not be considered penal in nature, but shall be construed broadly in order to effect the policy of this state that no person shall be allowed to profit by his or her own wrong.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-1.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-1.1 - Disposition of Property of Person Killed by Another|Section 33-1.1-16 - Severability.

§ 33-1.1-16. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances 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. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-1 - Short title.

§ 33-2-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Simultaneous Death Act".History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-1.
RI Gen L § 33-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-2 - Presumption of survivorship as to each decedent.

§ 33-2-2. Presumption of survivorship as to each decedent.Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if he or she had survived, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-2.
RI Gen L § 33-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-3 - Successive beneficiaries dying simultaneously.

§ 33-2-3. Successive beneficiaries dying simultaneously.Where two (2) or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively by reason of survivorship under another person's disposition of property and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than simultaneously the property thus disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive beneficiaries and these portions shall be distributed respectively to those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-3.
RI Gen L § 33-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-4 - Joint tenants or tenants by entirety dying simultaneously.

§ 33-2-4. Joint tenants or tenants by entirety dying simultaneously.Where there is no sufficient evidence that two (2) joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one-half (½) as if one had survived and one-half (½) as if the other had survived. If there are more than two (2) joint tenants and all of them have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-4.
RI Gen L § 33-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-5 - Insurance policies.

§ 33-2-5. Insurance policies.Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died, and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-5.
RI Gen L § 33-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-6 - Chapter not retroactive.

§ 33-2-6. Chapter not retroactive.This chapter shall not apply to the distribution of the property of a person who has died before April 28, 1947.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-6.
RI Gen L § 33-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-7 - Chapter inapplicable where other provisions made.

§ 33-2-7. Chapter inapplicable where other provisions made.This chapter shall not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds, or contracts of insurance wherein provision has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-7.
RI Gen L § 33-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-8 - Uniformity of construction.

§ 33-2-8. Uniformity of construction.This chapter shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-8.
RI Gen L § 33-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths|Section 33-2-9 - Severability.

§ 33-2-9. Severability.If any of the provisions of this chapter or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-9.
RI Gen L § 33-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-1 - Power of probate court - Application for division.

§ 33-3-1. Power of probate court — Application for division.After payment of the debts, charges, and expenses of settling the estate of any person dying intestate, the probate court which granted administration on the estate may divide the real estate of which such intestate died seised, among the parties entitled thereto, in the proportion by law prescribed, whenever application in writing shall be made to it for such purpose by all the parties setting forth and particularly describing each parcel of the real estate.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 942; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-1.
RI Gen L § 33-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-2 - Time of proceeding - Notice.

§ 33-3-2. Time of proceeding — Notice.Upon the filing of such application a time shall be appointed for proceeding therein, and notice thereof shall be given, in such manner as the probate court shall appoint, to the parties in interest.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 943; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-3-2.
RI Gen L § 33-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-3 - Decree determining parties entitled - Appointment of commissioners.

§ 33-3-3. Decree determining parties entitled — Appointment of commissioners.At the time appointed, the court shall by decree determine who are the parties entitled to a share of the intestate's estate, the amount of advancement made by the intestate to any of the parties, and the share to which each of the parties is entitled out of the real estate; and shall thereupon appoint three (3) discreet and disinterested persons, residing in any of the towns wherein the lands to be divided lie, as commissioners to make partition thereof according to the decree.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 944; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-3.
RI Gen L § 33-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-4 - Directions as to advancements.

§ 33-3-4. Directions as to advancements.If any child or grandchild of an intestate shall have received from him or her any real or personal estate for his or her advancement, the probate court shall ascertain the amount thereof before appointing commissioners to divide the real estate, and shall, in its decree of division, direct the commissioners to deduct the amount thereof from the share of the child or grandchild.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 954; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-4.
RI Gen L § 33-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-5 - Warrants to commissioners.

§ 33-3-5. Warrants to commissioners.The court shall issue its warrants to the commissioners, which shall be in substance as follows:THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.    SC.   To .............. of .............. in the county of .............. Greeting: Whereas the probate court of the town of .............. at its session on the .............. day of .............. did pass the following decree, to wit: [Here insert a copy of the decree.] You are therefore hereby authorized, after being engaged to the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in you, to appraise all the real estate described and referred to in the decree, each parcel by itself, at the present value thereof in money, and, after having made such appraisement, to divide the real estate among the parties named in the decree in the proportions set forth therein. You are to let all persons named in the decree have notice when you proceed to make such appraisement and division, and, having completed the same, you are to make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto this probate court as soon as may be. Signed for and in behalf of the probate court on this .......... day of ......... , Clerk.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 945; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-5.
RI Gen L § 33-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-6 - Division of property by commissioners.

§ 33-3-6. Division of property by commissioners.The commissioners shall proceed, as soon as may be after receiving their warrant, to execute the duties required of them by virtue thereof and divide the real estate in the manner and proportions prescribed in the decree recited in the warrant.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 946; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-6.
RI Gen L § 33-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-7 - Assignment of shares by lot or agreement.

§ 33-3-7. Assignment of shares by lot or agreement.If the share of any of the parties shall be less than the share of each of the other parties, and the shares of those other parties be equal, in such case the commissioners shall set off the smaller share to such party and assign the other shares by lot; and the assignment shall also be by lot if all the shares be equal; provided, that if all the parties be sui juris the assignment may be made by agreement among themselves.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 947; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-7.
RI Gen L § 33-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-8 - Commissioners' report.

§ 33-3-8. Commissioners' report.The commissioners shall make report of all their proceedings under the warrant to the probate court that appointed them; which report shall be passed upon by the court after notice, and, if finally established, shall be recorded in the records of land evidence in the several towns or cities wherein any of the lands lie.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 948; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-8.
RI Gen L § 33-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-9 - Representation of infants and persons non compos mentis.

§ 33-3-9. Representation of infants and persons non compos mentis.In case any infant or person non compos mentis shall be interested in the partition of any estate as provided in § 33-3-3, the application for the same shall be made and signed by his or her guardian, if he or she has one, otherwise by his or her guardian ad litem appointed by the court, whose acts in the premises shall be conclusive on such infant or person non compos mentis.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 949; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-9.
RI Gen L § 33-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-10 - Real estate not disposed of by will.

§ 33-3-10. Real estate not disposed of by will.Whenever any person shall die leaving a last will and testament duly executed, and shall at the time of his or her decease be seised of any real estate not disposed of by the will, the estate shall be divided among the heirs at law of the deceased in the same manner as though he or she had left no will.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 950; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-10.
RI Gen L § 33-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-11 - Division of real estate devised in common.

§ 33-3-11. Division of real estate devised in common.Real estate held in common by devise may be divided, according to the respective rights of the parties entitled to such real estate, in the manner and form prescribed in this chapter for the division of intestate estates, and the like proceedings shall be had for effecting and confirming the same; provided, that the interest of surviving spouse shall be subject to distribution in accordance with §§ 33-25-1 — 33-25-6.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 951; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-11.
RI Gen L § 33-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-12 - Division of remainder in property.

§ 33-3-12. Division of remainder in property.Any part of the real estate of any testator or intestate as shall be assigned to his widow pursuant to § 33-1-6 shall, after her death, be divided among the devisees, or heirs at law, of the deceased, in the same manner as the real estate would have been divided in case it had not been assigned pursuant to § 33-1-6.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 952; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-12; P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 23.
RI Gen L § 33-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-13 - Payment of expenses of division on appeal to superior court.

§ 33-3-13. Payment of expenses of division on appeal to superior court.Whenever partition or division shall be made by any probate court, and there shall be an appeal to the superior court, and any one or more of the interested parties shall neglect or refuse to pay their just proportion of the expense of such division, the probate court which ordered such division may issue a warrant of distress against such delinquent; provided, that an account of such expense be first laid before such probate court, and the just proportions of the persons interested be settled and allowed, they having been duly notified to be present at such settlement and allowance.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 953; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-13.
RI Gen L § 33-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-3 - Division of Real Estate|Section 33-3-14 - Certificate of descent.

§ 33-3-14. Certificate of descent.Prior to acceptance by the probate court of the final account or affidavit of complete administration, the fiduciary shall submit to the probate court an affidavit of no real property or a duly recorded certificate of descent which shall contain the name and place of residence of each person to whom the real property, or any portion thereof or interest therein is distributed, set out, or divided or descends, or a particular description of the estate, portion, or interest distributed, set out, or divided or descending to each person. Said certificate of descent shall be signed by the fiduciary.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 589, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-4-1 - 33-4-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-4 - Dower and Jointure|Section 33-4-1 - 33-4-34 - Repealed.

§ 33-4-1 — 33-4-34. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 264, § 1-9, 11-31; C.P.A. 1905, § 1161, 1162, 1163; G.L. 1909, ch. 329, § 1-30; G.L. 1923, ch. 380, § 1-3; P.L.1929, ch. 1317, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 418, § 1-30, 31; P.L. 1941, ch. 1004, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 24, effective July 5, 1995.