Rhode Island § 33-5-9 § 33-5-9. Revocation of will by marriage.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 33-5-9 — § 33-5-9. Revocation of will by marriage.

Rhode Island § 33-5-9

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-5Execution and Revocation of Wills

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-5-9 (2026).

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§ 33-5-9. Revocation of will by marriage.
The marriage of a person shall act as a revocation of a will made by him or her previous
            to the marriage, unless it appears from the will that it was made in contemplation
            thereof; but if the will exercises a power of appointment and the real and personal
            property thereby appointed would not, in default of the appointment, pass to the persons
            who would have been entitled to it had it been the property and estate of the testator
            or testatrix making the appointment and had he or she died intestate, so much of the
            will as makes the appointment shall not be revoked by the marriage.
         

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§ 33-5-9. Revocation of will by marriage.

The marriage of a person shall act as a revocation of a will made by him or her previous to the marriage, unless it appears from the will that it was made in contemplation thereof; but if the will exercises a power of appointment and the real and personal property thereby appointed would not, in default of the appointment, pass to the persons who would have been entitled to it had it been the property and estate of the testator or testatrix making the appointment and had he or she died intestate, so much of the will as makes the appointment shall not be revoked by the marriage.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 16; P.L. 1931, ch. 1754, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 33-5-9; P.L. 1986, ch. 175, § 1.