The descendants of any person deceased shall inherit the real and personal estate that the person would have inherited had the person survived the intestate, subject to the express provisions of these canons of descent and distribution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1-7
Descendants of deceased heirs
C.P.A. 1905, § 937; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 33-1-7; P.L. 2014, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 312, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.