Rhode Island General Laws Title 33. Probate Practice and Procedure § 33-6-27. Contribution by pretermitted issue to payment of debts

When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in the testator's will, takes under § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of a testator, that portion of the estate shall, for all purposes of §§ 33-6-25 and 33-6-26, be considered as if it had been devised or bequeathed to that child or other descendant; and he or she shall be bound to contribute with the devisees and legatees, and shall be entitled to claim contribution from them, as provided in §§ 33-6-25 and 33-6-26.