TITLE 33
Probate practice and procedure
CHAPTER 33-19
Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents
SECTION 33-19-28
§ 33-19-28 Definitions of terms in §
33-19-27.
(a) "Guardian" as used in § 33-19-27 shall be deemed to include a
guardian, conservator, curator, committee, or trustee, and any other fiduciary
having substantially the same powers and duties as a guardian, conservator,
curator, committee, or trustee, with reference to the estate or property of a
minor or person non sui juris, or otherwise incapacitated; and a person shall
be deemed "under guardianship" within the meaning of § 33-19-27 if a
guardian, conservator, curator, committee, or trustee, or other fiduciary
having substantially the duties of a guardian, conservator, curator, committee,
or trustee has been appointed with reference to his or her estate or property.
(b) This section shall be deemed to be declaratory of the
purposes of § 33-19-27 as originally enacted, and shall not be construed
so as to invalidate any action taken by any fiduciary heretofore under §
33-19-27.
History of Section.
(G.L., ch. 570, § 30, as enacted by P.L. 1947, ch. 1955, § 1; P.L.
1947, ch. 1955, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-28.)