2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate practice and procedure
Chapter 33-13 - Legacies, Devises, and Inheritance
Chapter 33-13-17 - Recovery of creditors' claims – Apportionment of liability.


RI Gen L § 33-13-17 (2012) What's This?

§ 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.)

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