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SWAIN v. ESTATE OF TYRE EX REL. REILLY

No. 2009-297-Appeal.

57 A.3d 283 (2012)

Jennifer SWAIN et al. v. ESTATE OF Shelley TYRE by and through James H. REILLY as Administrator d.b.n, c.t.a.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Jackvony, Esq. , Providence, for Plaintiffs.

Martin K. DeMagistris, Esq. , Warwick, for Defendant.

Present: SUTTELL, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, ROBINSON, and INDEGLIA, JJ.

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA, for the Court.

Before this Court is a question of first impression. We are called upon to determine whether the Rhode Island Slayer's Act, G.L.1956 chapter 1.1 of title 33 (Slayer's Act, or Act), prohibits the testatrix's stepchildren, Jennifer and Jeremy Swain (plaintiffs), from inheriting as named contingent testamentary beneficiaries (contingent beneficiaries) because this inheritance would confer a benefit on their father, David...

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