GuideRhode IslandSupport Guide27 min read
Rhode Island Will Contests
A Rhode Island will contest is a de novo appeal to the superior court under R.I. Gen. Laws 33-23-1, on a 20-day and a 30-day clock no court can extend.
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GuideRhode IslandPillar Guide22 min read
Rhode Island Will Requirements
Rhode Island will requirements under R.I. Gen. Laws 33-5-5: age 18, sane mind, a signed writing, two witnesses present at the same time, no handwritten wills.
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Selling Inherited Property in Rhode Island
Selling an inherited Rhode Island house: the § 44-23-9 estate tax lien, Form T-77, who signs the deed, and the certificate of descent your city or town records.
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GuideConnecticutSupport Guide22 min read
Connecticut Advance Directive Guide
Connecticut has three statutory advance directives and no default family surrogate. Your paper works only once a doctor holds it and finds you incapacitated.
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Connecticut Ancillary Probate
Connecticut ancillary probate for an out-of-state decedent: the five venue grounds of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-287, the two liens, and the tax return.
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Connecticut Creditor Claims
Connecticut's 150-day creditor window starts when the first fiduciary is appointed, not at death and not at publication. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-356 sets it.
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Connecticut Debt Payment Priority
Connecticut ranks estate debts in seven classes under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-365, and funeral expenses come first, ahead of the expenses of settling the estate.
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GuideConnecticutSupport Guide18 min read
Connecticut Digital Assets After Death
Connecticut adopted RUFADAA in 2016. Sections 45a-334b to 45a-334s give a fiduciary a route to online accounts, and a custodian has sixty days to answer.
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Connecticut Estate Planning Basics
Connecticut estate planning basics: a will attested by two witnesses, a power of attorney under chapter 15c, an advance directive, and a funded revocable trust.
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Connecticut Estate Tax Guide
Connecticut taxes an estate only above the federal exclusion amount, $15 million for a 2026 death, at a flat 12 percent. There is no inheritance tax.
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