§ 33-25-4 - Election by surviving spouse – Recording of waiver and claim. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-25-4

   § 33-25-4  Election by surviving spouse– Recording of waiver and claim. – If any estate, real or personal, be devised or bequeathed to a survivingspouse, the devise or bequest shall bar the life estate unless the survivingspouse shall, within six (6) months after the date of the first publication ofthe qualifications of the fiduciary of the estate of the deceased spouse, filein the probate court granting probate a written statement waiving andrenouncing the devise and bequest and claiming his or her life estate in thereal estate of the decedent. If any of this real estate be located in any cityor town other than that in which the will of the decedent is probated, thewaiver and claim shall also be filed in the records of deeds in each city andtown where the real estate is located.