§ 33-19-26. Authority for lease by guardian.
The probate court which appointed or approved a guardian, upon the petition of the guardian, setting forth a description of the real estate which it is proposed to lease, upon hearing, after the notice as the court shall order, may authorize the guardian to give a written lease of the real estate or any part thereof, and the decree of the court shall fix the term and the rental, and approve the form of the lease; provided, that a guardian of a minor shall not lease the real estate of his or her ward beyond the ward’s minority.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 762; G.L. 1909, ch. 308, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 359, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 570, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-26.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-19 - Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents
Section 33-19-1. - Court consent to mortgage.
Section 33-19-2. - Terms of mortgages and notes.
Section 33-19-3. - Authority to sell real estate.
Section 33-19-4. - Sale of whole real estate to prevent injury.
Section 33-19-5. - Finality of decree authorizing sale or mortgage — Claims against estate.
Section 33-19-6. - Duration of authority to sell or mortgage.
Section 33-19-8. - Guardian’s bond to cover proceeds of the sale or mortgage.
Section 33-19-9. - Public or private sale — Petitioner as purchaser — Minimum price fixed.
Section 33-19-10. - Notice of sale at auction.
Section 33-19-11. - Adjournment of auction sale.
Section 33-19-12. - Affidavit as to notice of sale.
Section 33-19-13. - Laying out of roads and platting of land.
Section 33-19-14. - Conditions imposed by court.
Section 33-19-15. - Conveyances.
Section 33-19-17. - Release of interests in real estate by guardians.
Section 33-19-18. - Sale of cemetery lots.
Section 33-19-19. - Exchange of cemetery lots by guardians.
Section 33-19-21. - Irregularities in proceedings.
Section 33-19-22. - Validity of sale as against claimant adverse to decedent or ward.
Section 33-19-23. - Surplus real estate proceeds distributed as real estate.
Section 33-19-24. - Examination of sale proceedings — Recovery of damages.
Section 33-19-26. - Authority for lease by guardian.
Section 33-19-27. - Sale, lease, or mortgage by foreign guardian of nonresident ward.