{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-6-27","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-6-27","heading":"Contribution by pretermitted issue to payment of debts.","body":"When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in the testator’s will, takes under § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of a testator, that portion of the estate shall, for all purposes of §§ 33-6-25 and 33-6-26, be considered as if it had been devised or bequeathed to that child or other descendant; and he or she shall be bound to contribute with the devisees and legatees, and shall be entitled to claim contribution from them, as provided in §§ 33-6-25 and 33-6-26.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 6 Proof and Construction of Wills"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-6/33-6-27.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:34Z","sha256":"fa59e2c4f34c6a12be31cf4cc42e6ca1f350dc3fe2605c39a56b5e14748b94d6","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-6-26","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-6-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}