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What Is A Housing Court Is It Just Limited To Landlord And Tenant Problems

No. The Housing Court jurisdiction extends to almost all areas that relate to residential housing. There are many occasions where homeowners can utilize the Housing Court. For example, the Housing Court has zoning jurisdiction. The Housing Court can address general nuisance problems that may afflict homeowners within a neighborhood.  The Housing Court Department has jurisdiction over the Consumer Protection statute. The Housing Court has criminal jurisdiction. The Housing Court also has jurisdiction to hear residential Summary Process (evictions) cases. In landlord-tenant matters, the court has jurisdiction over all contracts, torts, and equity matters that involve the residential relationship

 

 

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There Is Someone Responsible For Handling The Probate Process
If there is a will, the individual responsible for handling the probate process is called the executor. If there is no will that person is known as the administrator. In either case that individual is responsible for managing the deceased"s estate throughout the entire probate process.

 


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Attorney General Corbett Files Second Suit Alleging "Living Trust" Sales Scheme
Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that a second civil lawsuit has been filed against the operators of a living trust sales scheme, who a...
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President Bush Signs Historic Measure to Provide Key Steps for Indian Trust Reform
President Bush Signs Historic Measure to Provide Key Steps for Indian Trust Reform WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Geo...
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The Implementation Of The New Standards For Category F Guardians Ad Litem/Investigators And Standing Order 1-05
The Probate and Family Court Administrative Office has announced that the new standards for Category F, Guardians ad Litem/Investigators will be ef...
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Probate Terms

 
 


Today's Terms

Conservator

Definition:
A person or entity who is appointed by the court to exercise certain powers for the care of an incapacitated person, the person's estate, or both.

Codicil

Definition:
An amendment to a will. It is a separate document.

Beneficiary

Definition:
A person designated to receive the income or principal of a trust estate.

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Topics Related to Probate:

  • Probate Court
  • Last Will and Testament
  • Living Will
  • Power of Attorney
  • Trust Planning
  • Asset Protection
  • Special Needs Trusts

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If you live in the following cities and need an probate attorney you should contact our Probate Attorney as soon as possible:


  • Barrington
  • Bristol
  • Central Falls
  • Coventry
  • Cranston
  • Cumberland
  • East Greenwich
  • East Providence
  • Johnston
  • Lincoln
  • Middletown
  • Narragansett
  • Newport
  • North Kingstown
  • North Providence
  • Pawtucket
  • Portsmouth
  • Providence
  • Riverside
  • Tiverton
  • Wakefield
  • Warwick
  • West Warwick
  • Westerly
  • Woonsocket


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