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Before the terms of a will can be accepted, the will must be proven in probate court. Probate is the court-supervised process of distributing the estate of a deceased person. In Rhode Island, a decedent's will should be filed in the probate court of the town or city in which the decedent had resided.

While there is no inheritance tax in Rhode Island, a deceased person's estate may be subject to state and federal estate taxes. Unlike inheritance tax, estate taxes are paid by the estate of the person who died, not by the heirs and beneficiaries.

(1) First to the intestate's children or their descendants, if there are any. (2) Second, if there be no children nor their descendants, then to the intestate's parents in equal shares, or to the surviving parent. (3) Third, if there is no parent, then to the intestate's brothers and sisters, and their descendants.

In Rhode Island, you can make a living trust to avoid probate for virtually any asset you own?real estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on. You need to create a trust document (it's similar to a will), naming someone to take over as trustee after your death (called a successor trustee).

The children, both son and daughter, under the Hindu Succession Act 1956, have equal rights over the father's property to be shared with the mother and grandmother. Even a posthumously born child, if born alive, has rights to the father's property.

A Rhode Island small estate affidavit is a form that can be used to speed the distribution of assets in certain estates. Any estate that is valued at less than $15,000 is considered a small estate. This helps avoid the long and costly process of traditional probate.