§ 8-9-1, 8-9-2. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, ch. 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 306, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 357, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 568, § 1; G.L., ch. 568, § 7; P.L. 1955, ch. 3499, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 8-9-1, 8-9-2; Repealed by P.L. 1971, ch. 240, § 1.
§ 8-9-10. Appointment and supervision of temporary custodians of decedents’ estates. Every probate court may appoint any suitable person or persons as custodian or custodians to have the charge and care of the real and personal property of deceased persons, the settlement of whose estates is within the jurisdiction of the court, until letters testamentary […]
§ 8-9-11. Power to take probate and grant administration of decedents’ estates. The probate court of any town or city shall take the probate of wills and grant administration on the estate of deceased persons who, at the time of their decease, were inhabitants of or residents in the town or city, and of other […]
§ 8-9-12. Payment of legacies. Probate courts may determine all questions as to the payments of legacies by executors and administrators with the will annexed and may allow such payments in the accounts of executors and administrators. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 724; G.L. 1909, ch. 307, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 358, § 4; […]
§ 8-9-13. Revocation or modification of warrants and commissions. Any warrant or commission for the appraisement of an estate, for examining claims against the estate of a deceased person, for the partition of real estate, or for the assignment of dower or other interest in real estate may be revoked by the court for sufficient […]
§ 8-9-14. Revocation or modification of orders or decrees. Any probate court may modify or revoke any order or decree made by it on an uncontested application before appeal therefrom, or, if no appeal is taken, before the time for taking an appeal has expired, and, if made in reference to the settlement of any […]
§ 8-9-15. Annulment of probate of will. When it shall appear to a probate court, pending proceedings before it for the settlement of an estate as a testate estate, that the will under which the proceedings were had has been revoked by the testator, the court shall have power to annul any order or decree […]
§ 8-9-16. Confirmation of prior acts and proceedings. When the validity of an act or proceeding of a probate court, or of a person acting as executor, administrator, or guardian, is called in question by reason of an alleged irregularity, defective notice, or want or improper exercise of authority, any party interested in or affected […]
§ 8-9-17. Power to summon and receive evidence. Any probate court may require the attendance of any party or person, whom it may see fit to examine or cause to be examined in any proceeding pending in the court, and may examine or cause to be examined on oath parties and witnesses, either orally or […]
§ 8-9-17.1. Subpoenas issued by other officials. Justices of the peace and notaries public may issue subpoenas to witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum in any case pending before any probate court. History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 316, § 1.
§ 8-9-18. Judicial aid in taking possession of property of estates. If any person has or is suspected of having under his or her control any property or documents belonging to the estate of a deceased person or person under guardianship, or any thing which may tend to disclose the condition of the estate, and […]
§ 8-9-19. Expense of commitment for failure to deliver property of estate. The probate court shall ascertain the expenses occasioned by commitment as provided in § 8-9-18, and the executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or custodian of the estate shall pay the expenses; and if the party paying the expenses shall afterwards recover judgment against the […]
§ 8-9-2.1. Probate judges — Qualifications. No person shall be eligible to serve as a probate judge in any city or town in this state unless he or she has been admitted to practice as an attorney before the Rhode Island supreme court and has been engaged in the active practice of law in this […]
§ 8-9-2.2. New Shoreham town council as probate court. The town council of the town of New Shoreham may act as a probate court within its town; the major part of the members elected constitutes a quorum for doing business, and the major part of those present at any legal meeting may decide upon any […]
§ 8-9-2.3. Probate judge in town where council sits as probate court. In any town where the town council regularly sits as the probate court, the town council may appoint annually a member of the bar of the state of Rhode Island to be available to sit as judge of the probate court and may […]
§ 8-9-20. Right to counsel of person suspected of withholding property. Upon the examination as provided in § 8-9-18, the person suspected may have counsel, who may examine and cross-examine him or her as to any matter deemed material arising in the course of the investigation. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 732; G.L. 1909, ch. […]
§ 8-9-21. Contempt of court — Habeas corpus. Every probate court may punish any contempt of its authority by fine or imprisonment or both. Every probate court may issue writs of habeas corpus to bring before it any person in jail to be examined as a witness in any suit or proceeding pending in the […]
§ 8-9-22. Presumption of death from sea disaster. If a person shall be lost in a sea disaster, the subject of which has been investigated by the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, or a similar agency in a foreign country, and after due and diligent search there was a finding by the […]
§ 8-9-23. Missing person — Presumption of death. If a resident of this state has disappeared and has been absent from his or her usual place of residence and his or her whereabouts has been unknown for more than four (4) years, it shall be prima facie evidence that the person is dead so as […]
§ 8-9-3. Providence probate court. The probate court of the city of Providence shall be the probate court for the city. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, ch. 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 306, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 357, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 568, § 2; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-9-3.
