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RI Gen L § 33-5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-1 - Definitions.

§ 33-5-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter and chapter 6 of this title:(1) "Personal estate" shall extend to leasehold estate, and other chattels real, and also to money, stocks and other funds, securities for money, debts, choses in action, rights, credits, goods, and all other property whatsoever which by law devolve upon the executor or administrator and to any share or interest therein;(2) "Real estate" shall extend to lands, tenements and hereditaments, whether freehold or of any other tenure, and whether corporeal or incorporeal, and to any undivided share, of real estate, and to any estate, right or interest other than a chattel interest therein; and(3) "Will" shall extend to a testament and to a codicil and to an appointment by will, or by writing in the nature of a will, in exercise of a power.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-1.
RI Gen L § 33-5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-2 - Testamentary capacity - Property subject to will.

§ 33-5-2. Testamentary capacity — Property subject to will.Every person of sane mind and eighteen (18) years or older in age, may devise, bequeath, or dispose of, by his or her will, executed in the manner required by this chapter, all real estate and all personal estate, which he or she shall be entitled to either at law or in equity at the time of his or her death and which, if not so devised, bequeathed or disposed of, would devolve upon the heir at law, or upon his or her executor or administrator, but not including an estate tail. The power hereby given shall extend to all real estate, including all estate per autre vie, and all estates, whether they shall be freehold or of any other tenure, and all estates, whether they shall be corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, and also to all contingent, executor, or other future interests, in any real or personal estate, whether the testator may or may not be ascertained as the person or one of the persons in whom the estates respectively may become vested, and whether he or she may become entitled thereto under the instrument by which the estates respectively were created, or under any disposition thereof by deed or will, and also to all rights of entry for conditions broken and other rights of entry, and also to such of the same estates, interests and rights respectively, and other real and personal estate, as the testator may be entitled to at the time of his or her death, notwithstanding that he or she may become entitled to the same subsequently to the execution of his or her will.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-2; P.L. 1988, ch. 146, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-5-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-3 - Repealed.

§ 33-5-3. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-3; Repealed by P.L. 1988, ch. 146, § 2, effective June 2, 1988.
RI Gen L § 33-5-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-4 - Nomination of guardian by will.

§ 33-5-4. Nomination of guardian by will.Every person authorized by law to make a will may nominate by his or her will a guardian or guardians for his or her children during their minority, and a successor guardian or guardians for persons who are retarded as defined in chapter 22 of title 40.1 for whom he or she had been appointed guardian during his or her lifetime, and the probate court shall appoint the guardian or guardians unless good cause be shown to the contrary; provided, that, in the case of husband and wife, the survivor, being otherwise qualified, shall be the guardian of their children.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-4; P.L. 1980, ch. 141, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-5 - Execution of will - Acknowledgment and attestation.

§ 33-5-5. Execution of will — Acknowledgment and attestation.No will shall be valid, except as provided in §§ 33-5-6 and 33-5-7, unless it shall be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some other person for him or her in his or her presence and by his or her express direction; and this signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two (2) or more witnesses present at the same time, and the witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary, and no other publication shall be necessary.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-5.
RI Gen L § 33-5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-6 - Persons in military service - Sailors.

§ 33-5-6. Persons in military service — Sailors.Any soldier or airman in actual military service, or any mariner or sailor at sea, may dispose of his or her personal estate by will as he or she might heretofore have done.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-6.
RI Gen L § 33-5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-7 - Wills conforming to laws of other states.

§ 33-5-7. Wills conforming to laws of other states.Any last will and testament executed outside this state in the mode prescribed by the law, either of the place where executed or of the testator's domicile, shall be deemed to be legally executed, and shall be of the same force and effect as if executed in the mode prescribed by the laws of this state; provided, the last will and testament is in writing and subscribed by the testator.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 36; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 36; P.L. 1911, ch. 706, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-7.
RI Gen L § 33-5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-8 - Conformation to law at time of execution.

§ 33-5-8. Conformation to law at time of execution.A will of real or personal estate made and executed in conformity with the law existing at the time of execution, shall be effective to pass the estate.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-8.
RI Gen L § 33-5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-9 - Revocation of will by marriage.

§ 33-5-9. Revocation of will by marriage.The marriage of a person shall act as a revocation of a will made by him or her previous to the marriage, unless it appears from the will that it was made in contemplation thereof; but if the will exercises a power of appointment and the real and personal property thereby appointed would not, in default of the appointment, pass to the persons who would have been entitled to it had it been the property and estate of the testator or testatrix making the appointment and had he or she died intestate, so much of the will as makes the appointment shall not be revoked by the marriage.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 16; P.L. 1931, ch. 1754, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-9; P.L. 1986, ch. 175, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-5-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-9.1 - Revocation of provision in will for divorced spouse.

§ 33-5-9.1. Revocation of provision in will for divorced spouse.The entry of a final judgment in the divorce of a person shall act as a revocation of all provisions for the benefit of the former spouse in a will made by the person prior to the divorce, unless it appears from the will that the will was made in contemplation of the divorce. All other provisions in the will shall take effect as though the former spouse had predeceased the person.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 175, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-5-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-10 - Methods of revoking will.

§ 33-5-10. Methods of revoking will.No will or codicil or any part thereof shall be revoked except as provided in § 33-5-9, or by another will or codicil executed in the manner required by § 33-5-5, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the will and executed in the manner in which a will is required to be executed, or by burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the will by the testator, or by some person in his or her presence and by his or her direction, with the intention of revoking the will.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-10.
RI Gen L § 33-5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-11 - Alteration of circumstances.

§ 33-5-11. Alteration of circumstances.No will shall be revoked by any presumption of intention on the ground of an alteration in circumstances.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-11.
RI Gen L § 33-5-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-5 - Execution and Revocation of Wills|Section 33-5-12 - Wills prior to 1896.

§ 33-5-12. Wills prior to 1896.This chapter and chapter 6 of this title and the provisions thereof shall not extend to any will made and executed prior to February 1, 1896, except as to those provisions hereof which contain substantially the same provisions of any statute of this state existing at the time of the making and execution of the will and applicable thereto; but, the law in force at the time of the execution of the will made and executed prior to that date, shall govern the will. Every will which shall, on or after February 1, 1896, have been reexecuted or revived by any codicil, shall, for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 6 of this title, be deemed to have been made at the time at which the will shall have been so reexecuted or revived.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 45; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 45; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 45; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 44; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-12.
RI Gen L § 33-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-1 - Gifts to attesting witnesses.

§ 33-6-1. Gifts to attesting witnesses.If any person shall attest the execution of any will or codicil to whom any beneficial devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, or affecting any real or personal estate, other than and except charges and direction for the payment of any debt or debts, shall be thereby given or made, the devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment shall, so far only as concerns that person attesting the execution of the will, or codicil, or any person claiming under that person, be utterly null and void; but the person so attesting shall be admitted as a witness to prove the execution of the will, or codicil, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof, notwithstanding the devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, mentioned in the will, or codicil.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-1.
RI Gen L § 33-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-2 - Creditor attesting.

§ 33-6-2. Creditor attesting.In case by any will or codicil any real or personal estate shall be charged with any debt or debts, and any creditor whose debt is so charged shall attest the execution of the will or codicil, the creditor, notwithstanding the charge, shall be admitted as a witness to prove the execution of the will or codicil, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 33; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-2.
RI Gen L § 33-6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-3 - Death of attesting beneficiary in lifetime of testator.

§ 33-6-3. Death of attesting beneficiary in lifetime of testator.In case any devisee or legatee who shall attest the execution of any will or codicil which shall hereafter be made shall die in the lifetime of the testator or before the probate of the will, the devisee or legatee shall be deemed to have been a legal witness to the execution of the will or codicil within the intent of this chapter, notwithstanding the devise or legacy.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 34; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-3.
RI Gen L § 33-6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-4 - Executor or trustee as witness.

§ 33-6-4. Executor or trustee as witness.No person shall, on account of his or her being an executor of, or trustee under, a will, be incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution of the will or codicil, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-4.
RI Gen L § 33-6-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-5 - Construction as to real estate within state.

§ 33-6-5. Construction as to real estate within state.All questions arising as to the meaning, interpretation, or construction of a will executed outside the state, affecting real estate within this state, shall be determined according to the laws of this state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 37; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-5.
RI Gen L § 33-6-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-6 - Time from which will speaks.

§ 33-6-6. Time from which will speaks.Every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall expressly appear by the will.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-6.
RI Gen L § 33-6-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-7 - Devise without words of limitation.

§ 33-6-7. Devise without words of limitation.Whenever any real estate shall be devised without words of limitation, the devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple, or the other whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in the real estate, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-7.
RI Gen L § 33-6-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-8 - Devise to executor or trustee.

§ 33-6-8. Devise to executor or trustee.Where any real estate shall be devised to any trustee or executor, the devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple, or the other whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in the real estate, unless a definite term of years, absolute or determinable, or an estate of freehold, shall be thereby expressly given to him or her.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-8.
RI Gen L § 33-6-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-9 - Gift for life with remainder to issue.

§ 33-6-9. Gift for life with remainder to issue.Whenever a devise or bequest is made to one for life and thereafter to his or her issue in any will hereafter made, issue shall be construed to be the children of the life tenant living at his or her death, and the lineal descendants of those children as may have then died, as tenants in common, but the descendants of any deceased child taking equally amongst them the share only which their deceased parent, if then living, would have taken.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-9.
RI Gen L § 33-6-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-10 - Limitation on fee tail.

§ 33-6-10. Limitation on fee tail.No person seised in fee simple shall have a right to devise any estate in fee tail for a longer time than to the children of the first devisee; and a devise for life to any person and to the children or issue generally of the devisee in fee simple, shall not vest a fee tail estate in the first devisee but an estate for life only, and the remainder shall on his or her death vest in his or her children or issue generally agreeably to the direction of the will.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-10.
RI Gen L § 33-6-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-11 - Death of devisee in tail in lifetime of testator.

§ 33-6-11. Death of devisee in tail in lifetime of testator.Where any person to whom real estate shall be devised an estate tail, or an estate in quasi entail, shall die in the lifetime of the testator, leaving issue who would be inheritable under the entail, and any issue shall be living at the time of the death of the testator, the devise shall not lapse but shall take effect as if the death of the devisee had happened immediately after the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-11.
RI Gen L § 33-6-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-12 - Commencement of income estate.

§ 33-6-12. Commencement of income estate.When an annuity or the use, rent, income, or interest of property, real or personal, is given by a will, or by an instrument in the nature of a will, to or in trust for the benefit of a person for life or until the happening of a contingent event, that person shall be entitled to receive and enjoy the same from and after the death of the testator, unless it is otherwise provided in the will or instrument.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 38; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-12.
RI Gen L § 33-6-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-13 - Apportionment on termination of income estate.

§ 33-6-13. Apportionment on termination of income estate.If the person entitled to an annuity, use, rent, income or interest dies, or if a contingent event happens, before the termination of a year from a time when the whole of the annual amount for the preceding year has become due, the annuity, use, rent, income or interest, for the then current year, shall be apportioned, and that person or his or her representatives shall be entitled to receive a proportionate part thereof, unless it is otherwise provided in the will or instrument.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 39; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 39; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-13.
RI Gen L § 33-6-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-14 - Suit for recovery of income from executor.

§ 33-6-14. Suit for recovery of income from executor.No suit for the recovery of an annuity or interest shall be brought against an executor until the expiration of one year after his or her giving bond for the discharge of his or her trust.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 40; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-14.
RI Gen L § 33-6-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills|Section 33-6-15 - Interest on general pecuniary legacies.

§ 33-6-15. Interest on general pecuniary legacies.Unless otherwise provided in the will, a general pecuniary legatee shall not be entitled to interest on his or her legacy for the period of one year from and after the death of the testator. After the one year period the executor or administrator with the will annexed, unless otherwise provided by the testator, shall not be chargeable for more interest on any pecuniary legacy than the entire net income actually earned by the legacy if and when left in the investment as made by the testator, or actually invested in notes secured by mortgage upon real estate situated in this state, or in the bonds of any city or town in this state, or deposited in any savings bank in this state, or in the participation account of any trust company in this state, or invested in any other manner specially ordered by the probate court. But if otherwise invested, the legacy shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum or such larger rate as the same may have earned; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall authorize executors or administrators to make investments other than trustees are allowed to make, unless specially authorized by the will to do so.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 41; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 41; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 41; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-15.