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2024 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-1 - Rules of Descent
Section 33-1-5. - Life estate descending to spouse.
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RI Gen L § 33-1-5. (2024)
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§ 33-1-5. Life estate descending to spouse.
Whenever the intestate dies and leaves a surviving spouse, the real estate of the intestate shall descend and pass to the surviving spouse for his or her natural life. The provisions of §§ 33-1-1 and 33-1-2 shall be subject to the provisions of this section and § 33-1-6.
History of Section.
G.L., ch. 316, § 4, as enacted by P.L. 1919, ch. 1787, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 4; P.L. 1944, ch. 1421, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-1-5; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 1.
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