Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries
Section 18-4-10. - Management powers exercised with court approval.

§ 18-4-10. Management powers exercised with court approval.
Whenever the sale, exchange, conveyance, or leasing of the whole or of any part or parts of any property held upon trust, whether the property is real, personal, or both, or the borrowing of money upon the credit of any trust property, or the extension or renewal of any existing obligation binding upon the whole or any part or parts of the trust property, or the platting of any lands held upon trust, or the dedication, laying out, or conveyance, with or without compensation, of any lands for streets or ways, either in connection with the platting or independently, shall, for any reason, appear to be desirable, the superior court, upon complaint brought by any trustee of any property, may, subject to the further provisions of §§ 18-4-11 — 18-4-14, authorize one or more of these transactions as may appear necessary or expedient, and may or may not require security for the application of the proceeds, and may, if necessary or desirable, authorize the making or creation of a mortgage, pledge, or other lien of or upon the whole or any part or parts of the trust property, for the purpose of securing any borrowing of money, or of securing any extension or renewal of an existing obligation.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 11; C.P.A. 1905, § 1145; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 11; P.L. 1917, ch. 1501, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-10.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 18 - Fiduciaries

Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries

Section 18-4-1. - Application of cy pres doctrine.

Section 18-4-2. - Powers of trustees.

Section 18-4-3. - Arbitration.

Section 18-4-4. - Power of sale.

Section 18-4-5. - Effect of trustee’s receipt.

Section 18-4-6. - Conveyance by infant trustee.

Section 18-4-7. - Disposition of money payable to infant trustee.

Section 18-4-8. - Settlement of debts and claims — Assent of court.

Section 18-4-9. - Powers of surviving fiduciaries.

Section 18-4-10. - Management powers exercised with court approval.

Section 18-4-11. - Purposes for which borrowing authorized.

Section 18-4-12. - Leases authorized.

Section 18-4-13. - Parties to management proceedings — Guardians ad litem — Costs.

Section 18-4-14. - Binding effect of authorized transactions.

Section 18-4-15. - Definitions.

Section 18-4-16. - Payments or transfers to fiduciaries — Effect of misapplication by fiduciary.

Section 18-4-17. - Transfer of negotiable instrument by fiduciary.

Section 18-4-18. - Check drawn by fiduciary payable to third person.

Section 18-4-19. - Check drawn by and payable to fiduciary.

Section 18-4-20. - Deposit in name of fiduciary.

Section 18-4-21. - Deposit in fiduciary’s personal account.

Section 18-4-22. - Administration of trusts.

Section 18-4-23. - Charitable remainder trusts.

Section 18-4-24. - Termination of small trusts.

Section 18-4-25. - Consolidation or division of trusts.

Section 18-4-26. - Powers of fiduciaries in connection with environmental laws.

Section 18-4-27. - Validity of trusts.

Section 18-4-28. - Trustee’s power to adjust.

Section 18-4-29. - Total return unitrusts — Alternative definition of income.

Section 18-4-30. - Representation by person having substantially identical interest.

Section 18-4-31. - Power to invade principal in trust.