§ 33-12-1. Estate chargeable with debts.
The estate, real and personal, of every deceased person shall be chargeable with the expenses of administration, including allowances to widow and family, the funeral charges of the deceased, including the cost of a place of burial, if necessary, and the payment of his or her debts; and the same shall be paid by the executor or administrator out of the estate, so far as the same shall be sufficient therefor.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 966; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-12-1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-12 - Payment of Decedents’ Debts and Charges
Section 33-12-1. - Estate chargeable with debts.
Section 33-12-2. - Order of application of property.
Section 33-12-3. - Expenses included in expenses of administration.
Section 33-12-4. - Sale or mortgage of real estate when personalty insufficient.
Section 33-12-5. - Real estate not devised applied first.
Section 33-12-6. - Sale of real estate to effect prompt settlement of estate.
Section 33-12-7. - Powers of temporary executors and administrators with will annexed over realty.
Section 33-12-8. - Public or private sale of assets.
Section 33-12-11. - Order of preference of debts.
Section 33-12-12. - Decrees for distribution of insolvent estates.
Section 33-12-13. - Disposition of assets of nonresident.
Section 33-12-16. - Residue of insolvent estate of nonresident after payment to citizens.