37 chapters · 652 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-1. Real estate descending by intestacy to children or descendants, parents, or brothers and sisters
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Whenever any person having title to any real estate of inheritance shall die intestate as to such estate, it shall descend and pass in equal portions to his or her kindred, in the following course: (1) First to the intestate’s children or their descendants, if there are any. (2) …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-10. Surplus personalty not bequeathed
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The surplus of any chattels or personal estate of a deceased person, not bequeathed, after the payment of his or her just debts, funeral charges, and expenses of settling his or her estate, shall be distributed by order of the probate court which shall grant administration in the…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-11. Advancements and debts of decedent
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(a) If a person dies intestate as to all or a portion of the decedent’s estate, any property given by the decedent during his or her lifetime to an individual who, at decedent’s death, is an heir, shall be treated as an advancement against the heir’s intestate share only if: (1) …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-12. Intestate estate
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(a) Any part of a decedent’s estate not effectively disposed of by will passes by intestate succession to the decedent’s heirs as prescribed in this chapter, except as modified by the decedent’s will. (b) A decedent may by will expressly exclude or limit the right of an individua…