§ 33-1-3. Descent when no paternal or maternal kindred survive.
When in this chapter the inheritance is directed to go by moieties to the intestate’s paternal and maternal kindred, if there are no such kindred on the one part, the whole shall go to the other part; and if there are no kindred either on the one part or the other the whole shall go to the intestate’s surviving spouse or if the spouse did not survive the intestate, it shall go to the spouse’s kindred in the like course as if he or she had survived the intestate and then died entitled to the estate.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 936; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 4; P.L. 1919, ch. 1787, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 4; P.L. 1944, ch. 1421, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-1-3; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-1 - Rules of Descent
Section 33-1-2. - Descent of real estate to paternal or maternal kindred.
Section 33-1-3. - Descent when no paternal or maternal kindred survive.
Section 33-1-4. - Descent to persons not in being or not capable to take as heirs.
Section 33-1-5. - Life estate descending to spouse.
Section 33-1-6. - Widow’s or husband’s allowance of real estate in fee.
Section 33-1-7. - Descendants of deceased heirs.
Section 33-1-8. - Children born out of wedlock.
Section 33-1-10. - Surplus personalty not bequeathed.
Section 33-1-11. - Advancements and debts of decedent.