§ 33-6-23 - Pretermitted issue. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-6-23

   § 33-6-23  Pretermitted issue. – When a testator omits to provide in his or her will for any child of his orhers born after the execution of his or her will, either during his or herlifetime or after his or her death, or for any issue of a deceased child of hisor hers dying after the execution of his or her will, or for any issue bornafter the execution of his or her will of a deceased child of his or hers dyingbefore the will's execution, that child or issue shall take the same share ofthe testator's estate as that child or issue would have been entitled to if thetestator had died intestate, unless it appears that the omission wasintentional and not occasioned by accident or mistake. The term "will", as usedin this section, shall be deemed to include the testator's will and allcodicils thereto effective at the testator's death; and the term "the executionof his or her will" shall be deemed, in a case in which there is a codicil orcodicils, to refer to the execution of the latest codicil effective at thetestator's death.