{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-7-12","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-7-12","heading":"Compromise of controversies pending probate.","body":"The superior court may authorize the persons named as executors in an instrument purporting to be the last will of a deceased person, or the administrator with the will annexed, at any time before a final decree approving the instrument as the last will of the deceased person is entered, to adjust by compromise all controversies that may exist or arise concerning the will.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 7 Custody and Probate of Wills"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-7/33-7-12.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:34Z","sha256":"b071a7cbb49900c6cafd8cbf8c572db77f97a7f0728b296f339f2776bc273cc0","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-7-11","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-7-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}