§ 18-4-13 - Parties to management proceedings – Guardians ad litem – Costs. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 18-4-13

   § 18-4-13  Parties to managementproceedings – Guardians ad litem – Costs. – (a) Any persons who have any vested, contingent, executory, or future right,title, interest, or estate in or to any part of the trust property, and anypersons who might by any future contingency have any right, title, interest, orestate, may join in bringing a proceeding under § 18-4-10, and any personswho do not join may be made parties defendant.

   (b) Any persons not ascertained or not in being, who are orwho may become entitled to any contingent, executory, or other future right,title, interest, or estate, together with the interests of these persons, maybe designated and described in the proceeding for the purpose of havingguardians ad litem appointed to represent them and their interests as providedin this section.

   (c) Notice of the pendency of the proceeding shall be givento all parties defendant and to all persons not in being or not ascertained inthe manner that the court may order.

   (d) The court shall, in every proceeding, appoint guardiansad litem, who may also act as counsel, to represent parties non sui juris andpersons not in being or not ascertained, who are designated and describedaccording to this section, and the interests of these parties and persons.

   (e) The cost of the appearance and services of the guardiansad litem and counsel, to be determined by the court, shall be paid, as thecourt may order, either out of the trust property generally, or out of theproceeds of any disposition of the property which may be ordered, or by theparty or parties to the proceeding as the court may order.