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RI Gen L § 33-9-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-20 - Representation of contingent interests and persons non sui juris.

§ 33-9-20. Representation of contingent interests and persons non sui juris.Whenever in any proceeding under §§ 33-9-14 — 33-9-18 there are contingent interests of persons not in being or not ascertainable or interests of persons non sui juris, the court may appoint a person to represent the contingent interests or a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of persons non sui juris, and in case of that representation the decree entered in the proceeding shall bind all interests.History of Section.G.L., ch. 312, § 59, as enacted by P.L. 1921, ch. 2030, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 59; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 57; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-20.
RI Gen L § 33-9-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-21 - Appeals to supreme court.

§ 33-9-21. Appeals to supreme court.An appeal may be taken to the supreme court from any final order or decree of the superior court entered in any proceeding brought under the provisions of §§ 33-9-14 — 33-9-18 at any time within ten (10) days from the entry of the order or decree.History of Section.G.L., ch. 312, § 60, as enacted by P.L. 1921, ch. 2030, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 60; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 58; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-21.
RI Gen L § 33-9-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-22 - Validity of acts by executor or administrator subsequently removed - Validity of purchases from devisees, legatees, or heirs.

§ 33-9-22. Validity of acts by executor or administrator subsequently removed — Validity of purchases from devisees, legatees, or heirs.When an executor or administrator is removed, or when letters of administration or decrees are revoked, all previous sales whether of real or personal estate, lawfully made by an executor or administrator and with good faith on the part of the purchaser, and all other lawful acts done by the executor or administrator, shall remain valid and effectual. A decree allowing a will or compromise of a will or adjudicating the intestacy of the estate of a deceased person in any court in the state having jurisdiction thereof shall, after one year from the rendition thereof or, if proceedings for its reversal are had, after one year from its establishment, or in the event that administration of the estate has been fully completed within one year after the rendition or establishment, as the case may be, then after completion of administration of the estate, be final and conclusive in favor of purchasers for value in good faith without notice of any adverse claims of any property, real or personal, from devisees, legatees, or heirs claiming under the will or estate, or from their executors, administrators, guardians, or conservators. This section shall not make an adjudication of the fact of death conclusive.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 851; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-22; P.L. 1959, ch. 107, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-9-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-23 - Master's deed to convey decedent's property to party entitled to specific performance.

§ 33-9-23. Master's deed to convey decedent's property to party entitled to specific performance.When a person dies holding the legal title to property, real or personal, and an action for specific performance of contract for sale thereof would have existed as against the deceased had he or she lived, a complaint against the executor or administrator alone of the deceased may be brought by the person with whom the deceased has made the contract, setting out the facts, the pendency of which bill shall be advertised at least twice each week for three (3) successive weeks in some newspaper published in the city of Providence, which notice shall be in addition to legal notice to the executor or administrator. And on hearing the cause, if it appear that a proper case has been made out, the superior court shall decree that a conveyance shall be made by a master to be appointed for that purpose whose deed shall vest the title of the deceased in the party entitled to specific performance on payment of the purchase price, which, less the costs of the suit, including costs as between solicitor and client, shall be personal assets in the hands of the executor or administrator.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 21; C.P.A. 1905, § 1220; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 583, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-23.
RI Gen L § 33-9-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-24 - Continuation of actions by or against decedent.

§ 33-9-24. Continuation of actions by or against decedent.In case any action, suit, or proceeding is commenced or shall be pending in any court, and either party shall die before final judgment, the executor or administrator of the deceased person, or his or her successor in case the deceased was acting in a representative capacity, may, if the cause of action survives, prosecute or defend the action, suit, or proceeding to final judgment.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 970; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-24.
RI Gen L § 33-9-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-25 - Substitution and execution by successor administrator.

§ 33-9-25. Substitution and execution by successor administrator.Whenever any judgment shall have been recovered by or in the name of any executor or administrator, a succeeding administrator of the estate not administered may on motion be substituted as plaintiff and may take out execution upon the judgment.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 993; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-25; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 60.
RI Gen L § 33-9-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-26 - Liability of executor in own wrong.

§ 33-9-26. Liability of executor in own wrong.Any person who shall embezzle or shall, without being thereto authorized by law, injuriously intermeddle with any personal property of a deceased person shall be liable as an executor in his or her own wrong to the creditors and other persons aggrieved.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 844; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-26.
RI Gen L § 33-9-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-27 - Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate.

§ 33-9-27. Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate.No executor or administrator, except an executor in his or her own wrong, shall be holden to bail upon mesne process, nor shall his or her property be attached, nor his or her person arrested, nor his or her person or property taken on execution, for the debts or legacies of the testator or intestate, except upon suggestion of waste as provided in § 33-9-28; but in such suits the writs of attachment and execution shall run against the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the deceased only in the hands of the executor or administrator.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 991; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-27.
RI Gen L § 33-9-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-28 - Civil action with suggestion of waste.

§ 33-9-28. Civil action with suggestion of waste.If execution shall issue against the estate of the testator or intestate in the hands of the executor or administrator, and the officer charged with the service thereof shall return thereon that he or she cannot find any estate whereon to levy the execution, and that the execution has not been satisfied by the executor or administrator, a civil action may be brought in the same court within two (2) years after the date of the first publication of the notice of the qualification of the first executor or administrator against the executor or administrator, alleging a suggestion or waste; and after process has been duly served by the officer to whom it shall be directed and by him or her returned, if the executor or administrator makes default of appearance, or, coming in, shall not show sufficient cause to the contrary, judgment and execution shall be awarded against him or her and his or her own proper estate for the sum recovered, with interest due thereon, with costs, and, for want of estate, against the body of the executor or administrator.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 992; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-28; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 60.
RI Gen L § 33-9-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-29 - Descent or distribution of real estate to be recorded.

§ 33-9-29. Descent or distribution of real estate to be recorded.When the real property of any deceased person, or any part thereof or interest therein, is devised or distributed or set out to the devisee or devisees, heir or heirs, or spouse of the decedent, or is legally divided by all the persons interested, or descends to the heir or heirs or spouse of the decedent, the executor or administrator of the decedent, shall cause a certificate of descent to be recorded in the land evidence records of every city or town in which real property of the decedent is situated, and it shall constitute prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it, so far as those facts affect real estate of the decedent.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 296, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 589, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-9-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-9 - Collection and Management of Decedents' Estates|Section 33-9-30 - Donation of conservation easement.

§ 33-9-30. Donation of conservation easement.An executor or administrator may donate a conservation easement on any real property in order to obtain the benefit of the estate tax exclusion allowed under sections 170 and 2031(c), respectively, of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if:(1) The will authorizes or directs the executor to donate a conservation easement on the real property; or(2) Each interested party who has an interest in the real property that would be affected by the conservation easement consents in writing to the donation.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 99, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-10 - Allowances to Families of Decedents|Section 33-10-1 - Wearing apparel and exempt personal property allowed to widow or widower and children.

§ 33-10-1. Wearing apparel and exempt personal property allowed to widow or widower and children.The wearing apparel of the surviving spouse and minor children of a decedent shall belong to them, respectively. The surviving spouse shall be entitled, individually and for the family under her or his care, to such furniture, furnishings, household effects, supplies, and, in addition thereto, such other personal property of the decedent exempt from attachment by law, as the probate court shall deem necessary, having regard to all the circumstances of the case; or, if there is no surviving spouse, the minor children shall be entitled to the furniture, furnishings, household effects, or the use thereof, in such manner as the court shall direct.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 871; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 33-10-1; P.L. 1980, ch. 317, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-10 - Allowances to Families of Decedents|Section 33-10-2 - Property allowed not assets in hands of executor or administrator.

§ 33-10-2. Property allowed not assets in hands of executor or administrator.Such part of the decedent's personal property as the court shall allow to the decedent's surviving spouse or family, although inventoried, shall not be assets in the hands of the decedent's personal representative.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 873; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 33-10-2; P.L. 1980, ch. 317, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-10 - Allowances to Families of Decedents|Section 33-10-3 - Allowances for temporary support of family.

§ 33-10-3. Allowances for temporary support of family.The probate court shall make reasonable allowance out of the decedent's probate estate for the support of his or her family, until the support can otherwise be provided for, for a period not exceeding six (6) months from the date of the death, having regard to the situation of the family and the value and circumstances of the estate. The allowance may be fixed at any time upon application of the personal representative, or of any party in interest, filed within six (6) months after the first publication of notice of the qualification of the personal representative. The court may, in its discretion, provided a final account has not been allowed, make an additional allowance under like conditions for the support of the family for a second period not exceeding six (6) months, the allowance to be fixed at any time after the first six-month (6) period has passed and within one year after the first publication of notice of the qualification of the personal representative upon application, of the personal representative or of any party in interest. After exhausting the personal property, real estate may be sold to provide the amount of allowance decreed in the same manner as for the payment of debts. An appeal from a decree granting letters testamentary or of administration shall not prevent the allowance being made by the probate court or the payment thereof. An appeal from a decree making any allowance shall not prevent the payment of the allowance if a bond in such amount as may be fixed by the court, but no less than the amount of the allowance be given to the court by a surviving spouse, if any, or by a guardian of the minor children in case there be no surviving spouse, with surety or sureties approved by the court, and conditioned to repay all in excess of what is finally determined to be a reasonable allowance or to return all of the allowance in case the decree granting the allowance is finally reversed in the full amount. The bond required by the provisions of this section and the remedies thereon shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 17 of this title as far as the context thereof permits.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 872; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 7; P.L. 1926, ch. 827, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 7; P.L. 1941, ch. 1004, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-10-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 317, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-10 - Allowances to Families of Decedents|Section 33-10-4 - Real estate set aside for support of widow or widower in addition to statutory life estate.

§ 33-10-4. Real estate set aside for support of widow or widower in addition to statutory life estate.If there be no issue of a deceased person living at the time of his or her death, the probate court shall also allow and set off to the widow or widower such portion of the real estate of her or his deceased spouse not required for the payment of his or her debts as may be suitable for her or his situation and support and in accordance with the circumstances of the estate, and the widow or widower shall hold the real estate in addition to those rights afforded by chapter 25 of this title subject to the same conditions and for the same time as she or he holds her or his statutory estate pursuant to the provisions of chapter 25 of this title.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 874; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 33-10-4; P.L. 1980, ch. 317, § 1.
RI Gen L § 33-11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-11 - Claims Against Decedents' Estates|Section 33-11-1 - Computation of time.

§ 33-11-1. Computation of time.Periods of time in this chapter, where no other provision is made, shall be reckoned from the date of the first publication by the probate clerk of the notice of the qualification of the original personal representative of the decedent's estate.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 881; G.L. 1909, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2196, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 365, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 578, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-11-1; P.L. 2008, ch. 307, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-11 - Claims Against Decedents' Estates|Section 33-11-2 - Effect of administration de bonis non.

§ 33-11-2. Effect of administration de bonis non.When after qualification the original personal representative dies, resigns or is removed, without having fully administered the estate, and a successor personal representative is appointed, the succeeding administration shall be deemed to be a continuation of the preceding administration, and all limitations which could be claimed for or against the predecessor may be claimed for or against the successor; provided, however, that the time when there is no personal representative of the estate shall not be reckoned as part of the periods for the filing, or proof of claims, or limitations for bringing suits; and these periods, and generally the periods referred to where no provision to the contrary is made, shall be reckoned exclusive of this time.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 974; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 33-11-2; P.L. 2008, ch. 307, § 2.
RI Gen L § 33-11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-11 - Claims Against Decedents' Estates|Section 33-11-3 - Claims payable at future day.

§ 33-11-3. Claims payable at future day.Claims against the estate of a deceased person, which by their terms are payable at a future day, shall, as against the estate, be deemed to be due at the time of the person's death, and may be filed, and shall be entitled to payment with other claims, deducting interest for the anticipated payment.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 882; G.L. 1909, ch. 314, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 365, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 578, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-11-3.
RI Gen L § 33-11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-11 - Claims Against Decedents' Estates|Section 33-11-4 - Manner of presentation of claims.

§ 33-11-4. Manner of presentation of claims.Claims against a decedent's estate may be presented as follows:(1) The claimant shall present a written statement of the claim with the clerk of the probate court indicating its basis, the amount claimed (if known), the name and address of the claimant, and the name and address of the claimant's attorney (if any) and deliver or mail a copy thereof to the personal representative. The claim is deemed presented when filed with the probate court. The claimant has the burden of establishing proper and timely presentation of the claim. If the claim is not yet due, the date when it will become due shall be stated. If the claim is contingent or unliquidated, the nature of the condition or uncertainty shall be stated. If the claim is secured, the security shall be described. Failure to accurately describe the due date of claim not yet due, the nature of any condition or uncertainty, or the security, does not invalidate the presentation made.(2) No presentation of claim is required for matters already claimed in proceedings which were pending against the decedent at the time of his or her death. No personal representative shall be held to defend and no decedent's estate shall be held liable for any claim pending against the decedent until the estate shall be joined as a party with notice to the probate court and the personal representative served.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 883; G.L. 1909, ch. 314, § 3; P.L. 1915, ch. 1260, § 3; P.L. 1920, ch. 1937, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 365, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 578, § 3; P.L. 1941, ch. 1003, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2743, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 3023, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-11-4; P.L. 1996, ch. 110, § 5; P.L. 2008, ch. 307, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 6.
RI Gen L § 33-11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure|Chapter 33-11 - Claims Against Decedents' Estates|Section 33-11-5 - Time allowed for presenting claims - Late claims - Appeal.

§ 33-11-5. Time allowed for presenting claims — Late claims — Appeal.(a) Claims shall be presented within six (6) months from the first publication or be forever barred, subject to extensions granted pursuant to subsection 33-11-5(b).(b) A creditor who, by reason of accident, mistake, excusable neglect or lack of adequate notice of decedent's estate, failed to present a claim within six (6) months from the first publication, may before distribution of the estate, petition the probate court for leave to present a claim out of time. For purposes of this section, notice of commencement of probate pursuant to § 33-11-5.1 at least sixty (60) days before the expiration of the six (6) months claim period shall be deemed adequate. Upon hearing after notice to the decedent's personal representative, heirs and beneficiaries (if any), the probate court may in its discretion, grant leave to present the claim out of time upon such terms as the court prescribes. Any claim presented out of time, if allowed, shall be paid out of the assets remaining in the personal representative's hands when notice of the petition was received.(c) There shall be no de novo appeal to the superior court from an order or decree of the probate court granting leave to present a claim out of time.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 883; G.L. 1909, ch. 314, § 3; P.L. 1915, ch. 1260, § 3; P.L. 1920, ch. 1937, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 365, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 578, § 3; P.L. 1941, ch. 1003, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2743, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 3023, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-11-5; P.L. 2008, ch. 307, § 2.