Title 33
Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 1
Rules of Descent

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-7

§ 33-1-7. Descendants of deceased heirs.

The descendants of any person deceased shall inherit the real and personal estate that the person would have inherited had the person survived the intestate, subject to the express provisions of these canons of descent and distribution.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 937; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-1-7; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 1.