§ 33-20-1. Grounds for appointment of receiver. (a) If a resident of this state, having property in this state, has disappeared, has been absent from his or her usual place of residence, his or her whereabouts have been unknown for more than one year, and he or she has left no agent in charge of […]
§ 33-20-10. Termination of conservatorship. At any time upon petition signed by the absentee, or on petition of any attorney in fact acting under an adequate power of attorney granted by the absentee, the court shall direct the termination of the conservatorship and the transfer of all property held under the conservatorship to the absentee […]
§ 33-20-11. Escheat of excess funds. Any personalty remaining in the hands of the probate court under the provisions of this chapter after payment of all claims on the absentees’ estate, if there are no heirs or next of kin known to be surviving, shall be subject to the provisions of chapters 21 and 21.1 […]
§ 33-20-2. Notice as to appointment of receiver. The court before appointing a receiver shall give at least thirty (30) days’ notice by publication in one or more newspaper published in the state, in the manner provided for petitions for appointment of administrators, and by mailing a copy of the notice to the last known […]
§ 33-20-3. Wartime meaning of last known address. During such time as the United States shall be engaged in any war, the term “last known address”, as used in § 33-20-2, shall be construed to mean the last known address within the confines of the United States. History of Section.G.L., ch. 581, § 9, as […]
§ 33-20-4. Show of cause against appointment of receiver — Receiver’s bond. Any person may appear and show cause why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted. If a receiver is appointed, he or she shall give bond to the probate court in such sum and with such conditions as the court orders, […]
§ 33-20-5. Orders for management or sale of property. The court may make orders for the care, custody, leasing, and investing of the property and its proceeds. The court may order livestock or perishable property, or any property, which cannot be kept without great and disproportionate expense, to be sold at public or private sale. […]
§ 33-20-6. Maintenance of wife and children — Payment of debts. The probate court may authorize the receiver to apply the income of the property, and if the income is insufficient, then the property or the proceeds of any sale thereof, in payment of charges incurred, or that may be incurred, in the support and […]
§ 33-20-7. Compensation of and disbursements by receiver. The receiver shall be allowed such compensation and such disbursements, to be paid out of the income, property, or proceeds, as the probate court may approve. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 932; G.L. 1909, ch. 315, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 366, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. […]
§ 33-20-8. Conservatorship for military absentee. Whenever a person, hereinafter referred to as an absentee, who while serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, or while serving as a merchant seaman, has been reported or listed as missing, or missing in action, or interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, […]
§ 33-20-9. Person appointed as conservator — Bond — Powers. The court shall have full discretionary authority to appoint any suitable person as conservator and may require the conservator to post an adequate surety bond and to make such reports as the court may deem necessary. The conservator shall have the same powers and authority […]
