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RI Gen L § 33-7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-10 - Proof of wills when subscribing witnesses unavailable.

§ 33-7-10. Proof of wills when subscribing witnesses unavailable.Whenever it shall appear to a probate court, before which a purported will has been presented for probate, and whenever it shall appear to the superior court, before which a petition for probate of a will is pending on appeal, that a will cannot be proven as otherwise provided by law because one or more of the subscribing witnesses to the will, at the time the will is offered for probate, are serving in or present with the armed forces of the United States, or serving as merchant sailors, or are dead, or mentally or physically incapable of testifying, or otherwise are unavailable in the course of their service, the court may admit the will to probate upon the testimony in person or by deposition of at least two (2) credible disinterested witnesses that the signature to the will is in the handwriting of the person whose will it purports to be, or upon other sufficient proof of the handwriting. The foregoing provision shall not preclude the court, in its discretion, from requiring in addition, the testimony in person, or by deposition, of any available subscribing witness, or proof of such other important facts and circumstances as the court may deem necessary to admit the will to probate.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1420, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-10.
RI Gen L § 33-7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-11 - Provisions of § 33-7-10 supplemental.

§ 33-7-11. Provisions of § 33-7-10 supplemental.The provisions of § 33-7-10, and the authority therein granted, shall be deemed to be supplemental to, and not in derogation of, the authority of the probate court and the superior court to act upon petitions for the probating of wills.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1420, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-11.
RI Gen L § 33-7-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-12 - Compromise of controversies pending probate.

§ 33-7-12. Compromise of controversies pending probate.The superior court may authorize the persons named as executors in an instrument purporting to be the last will of a deceased person, or the administrator with the will annexed, at any time before a final decree approving the instrument as the last will of the deceased person is entered, to adjust by compromise all controversies that may exist or arise concerning the will.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 832; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-12.
RI Gen L § 33-7-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-13 - Action to confirm compromise.

§ 33-7-13. Action to confirm compromise.When the executors or administrators with the will annexed have in writing compromised any controversy as provided in § 33-7-12, they, or any party thereto, may file a civil action in the superior court for the county in which the will is pending for probate, praying the court to authorize and confirm the compromise. In this action the persons named as executors, or the administrator with the will annexed, and all persons claiming under the will whose interest will, in the opinion of the court, be affected by the proposed compromise, and those entitled to the estate as intestate, shall be parties.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 833; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-13.
RI Gen L § 33-7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-14 - Representation of parties under disability.

§ 33-7-14. Representation of parties under disability.If a person under legal disability is a necessary party to a civil action, he or she shall be represented by his or her guardian, or by a guardian ad litem appointed by the court, who shall, in the name and in behalf of the party he or she represents, make and receive all proper conveyances and payments necessary to carry into effect any compromise sanctioned by the court.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 834; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-14.
RI Gen L § 33-7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-15 - Representation of contingent interests and charitable gifts.

§ 33-7-15. Representation of contingent interests and charitable gifts.If it shall appear to the court that any future contingent interests which would arise under the will, if admitted to probate, would be affected by the compromise, the court shall appoint some suitable person or persons to represent those interests in the proceedings. The court shall have like powers as to any gifts made in the will for charitable purposes if there is no trustee who can act.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 835; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-15.
RI Gen L § 33-7-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-16 - Decree confirming compromise.

§ 33-7-16. Decree confirming compromise.The compromise, if found by the court under the circumstances to be just and reasonable in relation to the parties in being, and in its effect upon any future contingent interests that might arise under the will, and to any gifts to charities made in the will, shall be confirmed by decree of the court and shall be valid and binding upon the contingent interests and gifts as well as upon the interests of all persons in being who are parties to the compromise.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 836; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-16.
RI Gen L § 33-7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-17 - Certification of decree and compromise.

§ 33-7-17. Certification of decree and compromise.If the probate of the will in a case is pending on appeal in the superior court, the court may prove and allow the will, and the clerk of court shall certify and transmit for record copies of the decree admitting the will to probate, and copies of the compromise and the decree of the court approving the compromise, to the clerk of the court appealed from; and if the probate of the will is pending in the probate court, the clerk of the superior court shall certify and transmit for record to the clerk of the probate court copies of the compromise and the decree approving the compromise; and thereupon the probate court may admit the will to probate. The estate of the deceased person shall be administered and disposed of according to the provisions of the will as modified by the compromise.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 837; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-17.
RI Gen L § 33-7-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-18 - Request to record foreign probated will.

§ 33-7-18. Request to record foreign probated will.Whenever the executor or any other person interested in any will, which has been finally proved and allowed in a probate court in any territory, district, or state of the United States, or in a probate court in any foreign country, shall produce a copy of the will and of the will's probate, duly authenticated according to an act of congress, to any probate court in any town or city in this state where the testator had property, real or personal, upon which the will may operate, and shall in writing request that the will may be filed and recorded in the office of the probate clerk in that town or city, the court shall assign a time and place for a hearing.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 790; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-18.
RI Gen L § 33-7-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-19 - Notice of offer of foreign will.

§ 33-7-19. Notice of offer of foreign will.Upon the request to record a foreign probated will, the court shall cause notice thereof to be given in the same manner as if the will was presented to the court for probate, so that any person may appear and show cause why the copy should not be filed and recorded.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 791; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-19.
RI Gen L § 33-7-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-20 - Order approving foreign will - Effect on real estate titles.

§ 33-7-20. Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles.If, at the hearing, no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, the court may order the copy to be placed on file and recorded; provided, however, that, as to real estate in towns other than that in which the copy is filed and recorded, the title shall not pass, for the purposes of conveyance by the devisee, until a certified copy is recorded in the records of land evidence in any other town or city in which any real estate is situated; and provided, further, that when any copy is duly filed and recorded as aforesaid, title to lands devised by the will shall relate back to the death of the testator.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 792; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-20.
RI Gen L § 33-7-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-21 - Effect of recording of foreign will - Granting of letters.

§ 33-7-21. Effect of recording of foreign will — Granting of letters.Whenever a copy of any will which has been finally proved and allowed in any probate court in any territory, district, or state of the United States, or in any foreign country, shall be finally ordered to be filed and recorded in a probate court in this state pursuant to §§ 33-7-18 to 33-7-20, the filing and recording of the will shall be of the same force and effect as if the will had been originally proved and allowed in this state, subject to the provisos in § 33-7-20; and the probate court in which the copy of the foreign will is ordered to be filed and recorded may grant letters testamentary to the named executor, or letters of administration with the will annexed to a person as the court may deem fit, taking bond from the executor or person as in case of a will proved and allowed in the probate court.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 793; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-21.
RI Gen L § 33-7-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-22 - Proof of foreign will not required to be probated in domicile.

§ 33-7-22. Proof of foreign will not required to be probated in domicile.A person interested in a will which is operative without probate by the laws of the state or country where the testator had his or her domicile at the time of his or her death may produce to the probate court of any town in this state in which there is any property, real or personal, on which the will may operate, a copy of the will and of the official record, duly authenticated according to act of congress, and the court shall assign a time and place for a hearing and cause notice to be given as in the case of a will offered for probate. If at such hearing the court finds, from the copies before it and any additional proof as to the authenticity and execution of the will, that the instrument ought to be allowed in this state as the last will of the deceased, it shall order the copy to be filed and recorded, and the will shall then have the same effect as if it had been originally proved and allowed in this state.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 794; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-22.
RI Gen L § 33-7-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-23 - Probate conclusive as to execution.

§ 33-7-23. Probate conclusive as to execution.The final probate of a will by the probate court, or on appeal, shall be conclusive as to its due execution.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 787; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-23.
RI Gen L § 33-7-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-24 - Taking of will from files of court - Copy retained - Proof of copy on loss of original.

§ 33-7-24. Taking of will from files of court — Copy retained — Proof of copy on loss of original.The probate court in which an original will has been duly proved, allowed, and recorded may, after the expiration of the time within which an appeal may be taken from the decree admitting the will to probate, upon the petition of the executor, or of a legatee named in the will, or of any person interested in the estate of the testator, and after any notice the court may require and a hearing thereon, permit the original will, if it appears to be necessary for the purpose, to be taken from the files of the court and to be used in another state, territory, district or foreign country, for the purpose of establishing the right or title of the executor, legatee or person to the estate of the testator in the other state, territory, district or foreign country, upon the terms and conditions as the court may prescribe. Likewise, before probate, an instrument purporting to be a last will may be annexed to a commission for taking depositions in proof of the same, in this or any other state, territory, district or foreign country; a photographic copy of the instrument, duly certified, being retained on the files of the court. From any order of the court granting permission, for annexing a will to a commission as provided above, no appeal shall lie. In case the original will is lost, on proof of loss, the copy may be proved in the same manner and shall have the same effect as the original.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 795; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-24.
RI Gen L § 33-7-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-25 - Original probate of foreign wills.

§ 33-7-25. Original probate of foreign wills.(a) The will of a nondomiciliary which upon probate may operate upon any property in the state and which is executed in the same manner as is prescribed for the execution of wills of Rhode Island residents under the laws of this state may be admitted to original probate in any probate court of this state in the same manner as any other will.(b) A will which has been admitted to probate or established in the testator's domicile shall not later be admitted to original probate in this state except:(1) In a case where the court is satisfied that ancillary probate would be unduly expensive, inconvenient, or impossible under the circumstances;(2) Where the testator has directed in the will that it shall be offered for probate in this state; or(3) Where the laws of the testator's domicile discriminate against domiciliaries of this state either as a beneficiary or as a fiduciary.(c) A will which by judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in the testator's domicile has been denied probate or establishment shall not be admitted in this state except where denial of probate or establishment is solely for a cause which is not grounds for rejection of a will of a testator domiciled in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 151, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-7-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills|Section 33-7-26 - Proof of purported will or codicil.

§ 33-7-26. Proof of purported will or codicil.In the absence of objection by anyone interested in the estate of a deceased person, the probate court may admit to probate a purported will or codicil of the deceased person upon oral testimony or affidavit in the following manner:(1) The oral testimony of any one of the subscribing witnesses as to the due execution of any purported will or codicil shall constitute sufficient evidence thereof.(2) An affidavit by the subscribing witnesses or any one or more of them, to any purported will or codicil, executed at any time after execution of the will or codicil, whether before or after the death of the testator, before any officer authorized to administer oaths in or out of this state, stating the facts as the witnesses or witness would be required to testify to in court to prove the will or codicil, shall constitute sufficient evidence of the due execution of the purported will or codicil.(3) An affidavit substantially in the form that follows shall be deemed to meet the requirements of subdivision (2) of this section:STATE OF COUNTY OF In .......... on this ....... day of ......., 20 ....., before me personally appeared the undersigned, who, being duly sworn, depose and say that: they witnessed the execution of the will (codicil) of ........; that the signature to the will (codicil) is in the handwriting of the testator or was made by some other person for the testator, in the testator's presence and by the testator's express direction; that the testator so subscribed the will (codicil) and declared the same to be his last will (a codicil to his last will) in their presence; that they thereafter subscribed the same as witnesses in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other; that at the time of execution of the will (codicil) the testator appeared to be of sound mind and eighteen (18) years of age or over; and that the signatures of the witnesses on the will are genuine. ................................................................................Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and date first above written,........................................Notary public History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 133, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-8 - Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators|Section 33-8-1 - Grant of letters to executor named in will.

§ 33-8-1. Grant of letters to executor named in will.Upon the probate of a will the probate court shall issue letters testamentary thereon to the executor named therein, if he or she is legally competent, and if he or she gives bond as by law required.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 815; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 571, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-8-1.
RI Gen L § 33-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-8 - Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators|Section 33-8-2 - Minority of named executor.

§ 33-8-2. Minority of named executor.If a person named as executor in a will is at the time of the probate thereof under the age of eighteen (18) years, the other executor or executors, if any qualify, shall administer the estate until the minor arrives at full age, when, upon qualifying, he or she may be admitted as a joint executor of the will. If no other executor shall qualify, administration may be granted with the will annexed during the minority of the person named as executor and until he or she shall qualify.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 817; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-8-2; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 6.
RI Gen L § 33-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-8 - Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators|Section 33-8-3 - Neglect to present will for probate.

§ 33-8-3. Neglect to present will for probate.If a person named as executor in a will and having possession thereof neglects or refuses to present the will for probate within thirty (30) days after the decease of the testator, or within thirty (30) days after he or she has knowledge that he or she is so named, that neglect or refusal shall be deemed a declination of the office by the executor.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 818; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-8-3.
RI Gen L § 33-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-8 - Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators|Section 33-8-4 - Grant of letters or administration on incompetence or failure of named executor to qualify.

§ 33-8-4. Grant of letters or administration on incompetence or failure of named executor to qualify.If a person named as executor in a will has deceased, or is incompetent, or refuses to accept the trust, or neglects to qualify for thirty (30) days after the probate of a will, or within thirty (30) days after notice of probate, as provided in § 33-7-9, the court shall grant letters testamentary to the other executors, if any are named in the will, who are competent and qualify; otherwise the court upon petition therefor shall grant administration on the estate with the will annexed to some suitable person.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 819; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-8-4.
RI Gen L § 33-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-8 - Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators|Section 33-8-5 - Powers of surviving and qualifying joint executors - Filling of vacancies.

§ 33-8-5. Powers of surviving and qualifying joint executors — Filling of vacancies.If a testator shall appoint more than one executor of his or her will, and any of them die or do not qualify, or, having qualified, shall die, resign, or be removed, or become incapable of acting, those who for the time being are qualified to act shall, unless otherwise provided in the will, have the same power and authority as is given by the will to the executors named therein; provided, that, upon the petition of any party in interest, the probate court may appoint an administrator with the will annexed to fill the vacancy, in which case the probate court shall also grant letters of administration to the administrator with the will annexed if he or she shall qualify and the administrator with the will annexed shall have the same power and authority as is given by the will to the executor in whose place he or she is appointed, unless the will contains an express provision contrary thereto.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 820; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 4; P.L. 1945, ch. 1592, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-8-5.
RI Gen L § 33-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-8 - Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators|Section 33-8-6 - Executor of executor.

§ 33-8-6. Executor of executor.The executor of an executor shall not, as such, administer the estate of the first testator.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 821; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-8-6.