Title 33
Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 13
Legacies, Devises, and Inheritance

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-13-17

§ 33-13-17. Recovery of creditors’ claims — Apportionment of liability.

In a case under §§ 33-13-15 and 33-13-16, the creditor shall recover his or her claim by a civil action against all persons so liable, or against any of them as are within reach of process. The court shall decide how much each one of the defendants is liable to pay towards the claim.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 987; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 33-13-17.