2005 Rhode Island Code - § 33-11-5 — Time allowed for filing claims – Petition to allow late filing – Appeal.

    Claims shall be filed within six (6) months from the first publication. Claims not filed within six (6) months from the publication shall be barred; provided, that a creditor who, by reason of accident, mistake or any other cause, has failed to file his or her claim, may, at any time, before the distribution of the estate, petition the probate court for leave to file his or her claim, and the probate court, after notice to the executor or administrator of the estate and a hearing on the petition, may in its discretion, grant leave to file the claim upon the terms, if any, as the court shall prescribe, which claim, if allowed, shall be paid out of the assets remaining in the hands of the executor or administrator at the time of the receipt by him or her of notice of the pendency of a petition, and there shall be no appeal from an order or decree granting leave to file the claim. From an order or decree denying leave to file the claim an appeal may only be taken to the superior court where it shall be heard de novo, and without a jury, and neither the rulings of the superior court, nor its order or decree shall be reviewable by an appeal or bill of exception.