Title 33
Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 1
Rules of Descent

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-4

§ 33-1-4. Descent to persons not in being or not capable to take as heirs.

No right in the inheritance shall accrue to any persons whatsoever other than to the children of the intestate, unless such persons are in being and capable in law to take as heirs at the time of the intestate’s death.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 935; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-1-4.