Rhode Island § 33-6-24 § 33-6-24. Apportionment of share taken by pretermitted child.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 33-6-24 — § 33-6-24. Apportionment of share taken by pretermitted child.

Rhode Island § 33-6-24

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-6Proof and Construction of Wills

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-6-24 (2026).

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§ 33-6-24. Apportionment of share taken by pretermitted child.
When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in the will,
            takes under the provisions of § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of a testator, that portion shall be taken equally from all
            the devisees and legatees in proportion to the value of what they respectively receive
            under the will, unless in consequence of a specific devise or legacy, or of some other
            provision of the will, a different apportionment is found necessary in order to give
            effect to the testator's intention regarding that part of his or her estate which
            passes by his or her will.
         
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§ 33-6-24. Apportionment of share taken by pretermitted child.

When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in the will, takes under the provisions of § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of a testator, that portion shall be taken equally from all the devisees and legatees in proportion to the value of what they respectively receive under the will, unless in consequence of a specific devise or legacy, or of some other provision of the will, a different apportionment is found necessary in order to give effect to the testator's intention regarding that part of his or her estate which passes by his or her will.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 24; P.L. 1931, ch. 1754, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-24.