Rhode Island § 33-6-10 § 33-6-10. Limitation on fee tail.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 33-6-10 — § 33-6-10. Limitation on fee tail.

Rhode Island § 33-6-10

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-6Proof and Construction of Wills

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-6-10 (2026).

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§ 33-6-10. Limitation on fee tail.
No person seised in fee simple shall have a right to devise any estate in fee tail
            for a longer time than to the children of the first devisee; and a devise for life
            to any person and to the children or issue generally of the devisee in fee simple,
            shall not vest a fee tail estate in the first devisee but an estate for life only,
            and the remainder shall on his or her death vest in his or her children or issue generally
            agreeably to the direction of the will.
         

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§ 33-6-10. Limitation on fee tail.

No person seised in fee simple shall have a right to devise any estate in fee tail for a longer time than to the children of the first devisee; and a devise for life to any person and to the children or issue generally of the devisee in fee simple, shall not vest a fee tail estate in the first devisee but an estate for life only, and the remainder shall on his or her death vest in his or her children or issue generally agreeably to the direction of the will.