Rhode Island § 33-6-19 § 33-6-19. Substitution of issue for beneficiary predeceasing testator.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 33-6-19 — § 33-6-19. Substitution of issue for beneficiary predeceasing testator.

Rhode Island § 33-6-19

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-6Proof and Construction of Wills

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-6-19 (2026).

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§ 33-6-19. Substitution of issue for beneficiary predeceasing testator.
When any person to whom any real or personal estate shall be devised or bequeathed
            for any estate or interest not determinable at or before the death of that person,
            shall die in the lifetime of the testator, leaving issue, and any issue of that person
            shall be living at the time of the death of the testator, such devise or bequest shall
            not lapse, but shall take effect and operate as a devise or bequest from the testator
            to that issue, in such proportions as the estate of the devisee or legatee would go
            to them had he or she died intestate immediately after the death of the tes

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§ 33-6-19. Substitution of issue for beneficiary predeceasing testator.

When any person to whom any real or personal estate shall be devised or bequeathed for any estate or interest not determinable at or before the death of that person, shall die in the lifetime of the testator, leaving issue, and any issue of that person shall be living at the time of the death of the testator, such devise or bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect and operate as a devise or bequest from the testator to that issue, in such proportions as the estate of the devisee or legatee would go to them had he or she died intestate immediately after the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.