{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-6-24","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-6-24","heading":"Apportionment of share taken by pretermitted child.","body":"When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in the will, takes under the provisions of § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of a testator, that portion shall be taken equally from all the devisees and legatees in proportion to the value of what they respectively receive under the will, unless in consequence of a specific devise or legacy, or of some other provision of the will, a different apportionment is found necessary in order to give effect to the testator’s intention regarding that part of his or her estate which passes by his or her will.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 6 Proof and Construction of Wills"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-6/33-6-24.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:34Z","sha256":"d2bedf0e05cd16b0264f4fce425af848f53d1d19de82877d5284d9ddfa07f50a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-6-23","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-6-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}