§ 33-1-2 - Descent of real estate to paternal or maternal kindred. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-1-2

   § 33-1-2  Descent of real estate topaternal or maternal kindred. – If there is no parent, nor brother, nor sister, nor their descendants, theinheritance shall go in equal moieties to the paternal and maternal kindred,each in the following course:

   (1) First to the grandparents, in equal shares, if any therebe.

   (2) Second if there be no grandparent, then to the uncles andaunts, or their descendants by representation, or such of them as there be.

   (3) Third if there be no grandparent, nor uncle, nor aunt,nor their descendants, then to the great grandparents in equal shares, if anythere be.

   (4) Fourth if there be no great grandparent, then to thegreat uncles and great aunts or their descendants by representation, or such ofthem as there be; and so on, in other cases, without end, passing to thenearest lineal ancestors and their descendants or such of them as there be.