§ 33-7-1 — 33-7-4. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§ 781-784; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, §§ 1-4; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, §§ 1-4; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, §§ 1-4; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; P.L. 1977, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 324, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2008, ch. 306, § 1, […]
§ 33-7-10. Proof of wills when subscribing witnesses unavailable. Whenever it shall appear to a probate court, before which a purported will has been presented for probate, and whenever it shall appear to the superior court, before which a petition for probate of a will is pending on appeal, that a will cannot be proven […]
§ 33-7-11. Provisions of § 33-7-10 supplemental. The provisions of § 33-7-10, and the authority therein granted, shall be deemed to be supplemental to, and not in derogation of, the authority of the probate court and the superior court to act upon petitions for the probating of wills. History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1420, § […]
§ 33-7-12. Compromise of controversies pending probate. The superior court may authorize the persons named as executors in an instrument purporting to be the last will of a deceased person, or the administrator with the will annexed, at any time before a final decree approving the instrument as the last will of the deceased person […]
§ 33-7-13. Action to confirm compromise. When the executors or administrators with the will annexed have in writing compromised any controversy as provided in § 33-7-12, they, or any party thereto, may file a civil action in the superior court for the county in which the will is pending for probate, praying the court to […]
§ 33-7-14. Representation of parties under disability. If a person under legal disability is a necessary party to a civil action, he or she shall be represented by his or her guardian, or by a guardian ad litem appointed by the court, who shall, in the name and in behalf of the party he or […]
§ 33-7-15. Representation of contingent interests and charitable gifts. If it shall appear to the court that any future contingent interests which would arise under the will, if admitted to probate, would be affected by the compromise, the court shall appoint some suitable person or persons to represent those interests in the proceedings. The court […]
§ 33-7-16. Decree confirming compromise. The compromise, if found by the court under the circumstances to be just and reasonable in relation to the parties in being, and in its effect upon any future contingent interests that might arise under the will, and to any gifts to charities made in the will, shall be confirmed […]
§ 33-7-17. Certification of decree and compromise. If the probate of the will in a case is pending on appeal in the superior court, the court may prove and allow the will, and the clerk of court shall certify and transmit for record copies of the decree admitting the will to probate, and copies of […]
§ 33-7-18. Request to record foreign probated will. Whenever the executor or any other person interested in any will, which has been finally proved and allowed in a probate court in any territory, district, or state of the United States, or in a probate court in any foreign country, shall produce a copy of the […]
§ 33-7-19. Notice of offer of foreign will. Upon the request to record a foreign probated will, the court shall cause notice thereof to be given in the same manner as if the will was presented to the court for probate, so that any person may appear and show cause why the copy should not […]
§ 33-7-20. Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles. If, at the hearing, no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, the court may order the copy to be placed on file and recorded; provided, however, that, as to real estate in towns other than that in which the copy is filed […]
§ 33-7-21. Effect of recording of foreign will — Granting of letters. Whenever a copy of any will which has been finally proved and allowed in any probate court in any territory, district, or state of the United States, or in any foreign country, shall be finally ordered to be filed and recorded in a […]
§ 33-7-22. Proof of foreign will not required to be probated in domicile. A person interested in a will which is operative without probate by the laws of the state or country where the testator had his or her domicile at the time of his or her death may produce to the probate court of […]
§ 33-7-23. Probate conclusive as to execution. The final probate of a will by the probate court, or on appeal, shall be conclusive as to its due execution. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 787; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 7; G.L. 1956, § […]
§ 33-7-24. Taking of will from files of court — Copy retained — Proof of copy on loss of original. The probate court in which an original will has been duly proved, allowed, and recorded may, after the expiration of the time within which an appeal may be taken from the decree admitting the will […]
§ 33-7-25. Original probate of foreign wills. (a) The will of a nondomiciliary which upon probate may operate upon any property in the state and which is executed in the same manner as is prescribed for the execution of wills of Rhode Island residents under the laws of this state may be admitted to original […]
§ 33-7-26. Proof of purported will or codicil. In the absence of objection by anyone interested in the estate of a deceased person, the probate court may admit to probate a purported will or codicil of the deceased person upon oral testimony or affidavit in the following manner: (1) The oral testimony of any one […]
§ 33-7-5. Duty of person in possession of will to deliver into court. (a) Every person, other than a probate clerk, who has custody of a will shall, within thirty (30) days after notice of the death of the testator, deliver the will into the probate court which has jurisdiction of the probate thereof, or […]
§ 33-7-6. Investigation of alleged concealment of will. Upon complaint under oath, made to a probate court, by a person claiming to be interested in the estate of a person deceased against any one suspected of retaining, concealing, or conspiring with others to retain or conceal a will or testamentary instrument of the deceased, the […]
