Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 33-16 - Veterans’ Guardianships
Section 33-16-17. - Notice of proceedings to veterans administration and others.

§ 33-16-17. Notice of proceedings to veterans administration and others.
At the time of filing in the court any account, a certified copy of the account and a signed duplicate of each certificate filed with the court shall be sent by the guardian to the office of the veterans administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located. A signed duplicate, or a certified copy of any petition, motion or other pleading, pertaining to an account, or to any matter other than an account, and which is filed in the guardianship proceedings or in any proceeding for the purpose of removing the disability of minority or mental incapacity, shall be furnished by the person filing the same to the proper office of the veterans administration. Unless a hearing be waived in writing by the attorney of the veterans administration, and by all other persons, if any, entitled to notice, the court shall fix a time and place for the hearing on the account, petition, motion or other pleading not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than sixty (60) days from the date same is filed, unless a different available date be stipulated in writing. Unless waived in writing, written notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to the veterans administration office concerned, the guardian and any others entitled to notice, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. The notice may be given by mail in which event it shall be deposited in the mail not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing date. The court, or clerk of court, shall mail to the veterans administration office a copy of each order entered in any guardianship proceeding in which the administrator is an interested party.
History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1711, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-16-17.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 33-16 - Veterans’ Guardianships

Section 33-16-1. - Short title.

Section 33-16-2. - Definitions.

Section 33-16-3. - Administrator as party to guardianship proceedings — Notice.

Section 33-16-4. - Appointments governed by chapter.

Section 33-16-5. - Maximum number of wards.

Section 33-16-6. - Filing of petition for appointment of guardian.

Section 33-16-7. - Contents of petition for appointment.

Section 33-16-8. - Additional facts shown by petition — Selection of guardian.

Section 33-16-9. - Rating of mental incompetence shown in petition.

Section 33-16-10. - Showing of minority as evidence of necessity for guardian.

Section 33-16-11. - Certificate of mental incompetence as evidence of necessity for guardian.

Section 33-16-12. - Notice of petition for guardianship.

Section 33-16-13. - Filing of bond.

Section 33-16-14. - Sureties on bond.

Section 33-16-15. - Filing of annual account.

Section 33-16-16. - Exhibition of securities and investments — Filing of certificates.

Section 33-16-17. - Notice of proceedings to veterans administration and others.

Section 33-16-18. - Accounting for property other than from veterans administration.

Section 33-16-19. - Grounds for removal of guardian.

Section 33-16-20. - Compensation of guardians.

Section 33-16-21. - Investments.

Section 33-16-22. - Support of persons other than ward, spouse, and children.

Section 33-16-23. - Purchase of real estate.

Section 33-16-24. - Certified copies of public records.

Section 33-16-25. - Termination of guardianship.

Section 33-16-26. - Commitment to federal agency for medical treatment.

Section 33-16-27. - Powers of federal agencies over persons committed — Retention of jurisdiction by court.

Section 33-16-28. - Effect of commitments by foreign courts.

Section 33-16-29. - Transfer of persons with mental illness to federal agencies.

Section 33-16-30. - Transfer to federal agency having effect of original commitment.

Section 33-16-31. - Commitment of insane person to federal agency.

Section 33-16-32. - Applicability of general laws of guardian and ward.

Section 33-16-33. - Applicability of chapter to guardians appointed under other law.

Section 33-16-34. - Uniformity of construction.

Section 33-16-35. - Severability.