R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-10-1

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 33-10-1 - Wearing apparel and exempt personal property allowed to widow or widower and children

The wearing apparel of the surviving spouse and minor children of a decedent shall belong to them, respectively. The surviving spouse shall be entitled, individually and for the family under her or his care, to such furniture, furnishings, household effects, supplies, and, in addition thereto, such other personal property of the decedent exempt from attachment by law, as the probate court shall deem necessary, having regard to all the circumstances of the case; or, if there is no surviving spouse, the minor children shall be entitled to the furniture, furnishings, household effects, or the use thereof, in such manner as the court shall direct.

Amended by 2014 Pub. Laws, ch. 312,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2014.

Amended by 2014 Pub. Laws, ch. 260,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2014.

C.P.A. 1905, § 871; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 33-10-1; P.L. 1980, ch. 317, § 1.