§ 33-11-1 Computation of time
§ 33-11-2 Effect of administration de bonis non
§ 33-11-3 Claims payable at future day
§ 33-11-4 Manner of presentation of claims
§ 33-11-5 Time allowed for presenting claims – Late claims – Appeal
§ 33-11-5.1 Duty to notify known or reasonably ascertainable creditors
§ 33-11-5.2 Fiduciary’s affidavit regarding notice to creditors and OHHS
§ 33-11-6 Address of creditor filed – Notices
§ 33-11-7 Affidavit to support claim
§ 33-11-8 Determination of personal representative’s claim
§ 33-11-9 Presentation of contingent claim – Deposit by personal representative to assure payment
§ 33-11-10 Bond to cover contingent claim
§ 33-11-11 Provision for payment of contingent claim not conclusive as to validity – Restrictions on action to enforce claim
§ 33-11-12 Party against whom contingent claim enforced – Time of bringing action
§ 33-11-13 Pleadings in action on bond for contingent claim
§ 33-11-14 Disallowance of claim
§ 33-11-15 Petition for filing of late disallowance
§ 33-11-16 Probate court determination of disallowed claims against solvent estate
§ 33-11-17 Repealed
§ 33-11-18 Repealed
§ 33-11-19 Payment of claims allowed or proved
§ 33-11-20 Application of later discovered assets – Extension of time for presenting claims
§ 33-11-21 Estate rendered insolvent by claims after allowance of account
§ 33-11-22 Estate rendered insolvent by late claims
§ 33-11-23 Disallowed claims against insolvent estates to be heard by probate court
§ 33-11-24 Hearings on insolvent estates
§ 33-11-28 Notice of hearings on insolvent estates
§ 33-11-29 Statements of contested claims against insolvent estate
§ 33-11-30 Notice of disallowance by executor or administrator or objection by interested party
§ 33-11-31 Power of probate court over witnesses
§ 33-11-32 Secured claims against insolvent estates
§ 33-11-33 Repealed
§ 33-11-34 Interest on claims against insolvent estate
§ 33-11-35 Offset of mutual claims
§ 33-11-36 Repealed
§ 33-11-37 Notice of disallowance by probate court
§ 33-11-42 Actions beyond probate court
§ 33-11-43 Superior court judgment – Costs
§ 33-11-44 Claims based on action commenced against decedent before death
§ 33-11-45 Claim barred by failure to prove or prosecute
§ 33-11-48 Action on disallowed claim
§ 33-11-49 Actions barred within time for filing claims
§ 33-11-50 Limitation of actions by creditors of decedent
§ 33-11-51 Survival of child support obligations – Enforcement of claims – Child support public policy
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 33-11 - Claims Against Decedents' Estates

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.