§ 18-2-1. Appointment of trustees by superior court. If no trustee is named in any instrument creating a trust, or the trustee named in the instrument renounces or declines to accept the trust, or whenever a trustee, either original or substituted, and whether appointed by a court or otherwise, is dead, or desires to be […]
§ 18-2-2. Change in number of trustees. On application for the appointment of a new trustee, the number of trustees may be increased or decreased; but this action is, upon petition, subject to review by the supreme court. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1144; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § […]
§ 18-2-3. Filling of vacancies not obligatory with court. On application for the appointment of a new trustee, it shall not be obligatory to appoint more than one new trustee where only one trustee was originally appointed, nor to fill up the original number of trustees where two (2) or more than two (2) trustees […]
§ 18-2-4. Title in judicially appointed trustees. In all cases where a trustee or trustees shall be or shall have been appointed under any instrument creating a trust by the order or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without the state of Rhode Island, the order or decree shall vest in […]
§ 18-2-5. Powers of judicially appointed trustees. Every trustee appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have the same powers, authorities, and discretions, and may in all respects act as if the trustee had been originally appointed a trustee by the instrument, if any, creating the trust. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, […]
§ 18-2-6. Applicability to deceased and continuing trustees. The provisions of §§ 18-2-1 — 18-2-8, as far as they relate to a trustee who is dead, shall include the case of a person nominated trustee in a will but dying before the testator; and these provisions, as far as they relate to a continuing trustee, […]
§ 18-2-7. Provisions of instrument controlling. Sections 18-2-1 — 18-2-6 apply only if, and as far as, a contrary intention is not expressed in the instrument, if any, creating the trust, and shall have effect subject to the terms of that instrument, and to any provisions contained in the instrument. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. […]
§ 18-2-8. Applicability to prior trusts — Powers additional. Sections 18-2-1 — 18-2-6 apply to trusts previously or subsequently created, and shall be considered in addition to the ordinary equity powers of any court. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 8; G.L. […]
§ 18-2-9. Recording of decree of appointment. In case real estate constitutes any portion of the trust property, a certified copy of the order or decree of the court appointing the trustees, under the seal of the court making the order or decree, shall be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town […]
