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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-33 > Chapter-33-15-1 > 33-15-1-32SECTION 33-15.1-32
§ 33-15.1-32 Support of dependents forwhom ward has no legal obligation to provide. – Whenever a guardian or a conservator of any person or the estate of any personis appointed by any court in this state and that person has, prior to theappointment of the guardian or conservator, provided for any other person outof his or her estate, whom the person for whom a guardian or conservator hasbeen appointed was not under legal obligations to support or provide for, andwhere it appears that the person for whom a guardian or conservator has beenappointed would have continued the support or provision, if the guardian orconservator had not been appointed. The superior court, upon complaint filed bythe person who received the support or provision, or by the guardian orconservator, may authorize the guardian or conservator to continue to makeallowances out of the estate of the person for whom a guardian or conservatorhas been appointed, as the court in its sound discretion deems the person forwhom a guardian or conservator has been appointed would have made if a guardianor conservator had not been appointed, provided, however, that the court shallnot exercise the power in cases where the person for whom a guardian orconservator has been appointed has prior to the appointment of a guardian orconservator expressly declared or requested that these powers shall not beexercised by the court. In granting this authority, the court may imposeconditions or restrictions and give directions as it may deem advisable.
