{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-23-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-23-2","heading":"Who may serve.","body":"(a) A parental successor may be an individual, whether related or not to the person who has been determined to be a person with developmental disabilities under the regulations of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals; a bank with a trust department, acting through its trust department; a church, acting through the incumbent of a position to be indicated in the instrument designating or the order appointing the parental successor; or an organization concerned with the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities.\n(b) A minor may be named or appointed as a parental successor, but he or she may actually serve only after reaching the age of eighteen (18) years.","path":["Title 40.1 Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals","Chapter 23 Parental Succession — Persons with Developmental Disabilities"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE40.1/40.1-23/40.1-23-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:33Z","sha256":"504a67b218885defed4f2d4c306ff409b69ab75190370457deaa53dd8e4ab941","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-23-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-23-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}