Town of Coventry, RI
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2023-11-28
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The Charter
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Chapter C Home Rule Charter
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Article VI Probate Court
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- Ch C Art VI Probate Court
- § C-6.01 Judge.
- § C-6.02 Appointment and term.
- § C-6.03 Qualifications.
- § C-6.04 Absence or disability.
- § C-6.05 Clerk.
- § C-6.06 Fees.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards
- Ch 11 Code Review Committee
- Ch 15 Commissions
- Ch 18 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 22 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Library
- Ch 47 Parks and Recreation, Department of
- Ch 51 Personnel
- Ch 56 Purchasing
- Ch 63 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 74 Water Quality Task Force
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 85 Adult Uses
- Ch 87 Alarm Systems
- Ch 89 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 93 Amusement Devices
- Ch 97 Animals
- Ch 102 Boats and Boating
- Ch 104 Body Works Services
- Ch 106 Building Regulations
- Ch 109 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 113 Campgrounds and Trailer Parks
- Ch 115 Clothing Collection Bins
- Ch 118 Drugs and Intoxicants
- Ch 122 Fees
- Ch 124 Firearms
- Ch 127 Outdoor Fires
- Ch 131 Floodplain Management
- Ch 136 Hazardous Wastes
- Ch 139 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 142 Industrial Waste Disposal
- Ch 147 Junk and Secondhand Goods Dealers
- Ch 153 Licensed Businesses
- Ch 158 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 164 Official Map
- Ch 169 Noise
- Ch 175 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 180 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 183 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 186 Poles, Utility
- Ch 189 Schools
- Ch 191 Sewers
- Ch 196 Shows, Performances and Exhibitions
- Ch 200 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 204 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Stormwater Management
- Ch 209 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 213 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 217 Taxation
- Ch 222 Tobacco Dealers
- Ch 223 Tobacco and Non-Tobacco Products
- Ch 226 Trees
- Ch 231 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 234 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 240 Waterways
- Ch 242 Wells
- Ch 245 Yard Sales
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A260 Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a Judge of Probate who shall exercise and perform
the powers and duties of a probate court for the town.
[Amended 11-4-2014]
The Judge of Probate shall be appointed by the Town Council
to serve for a term of two (2) years.
The appointment shall be made after each Town Council regular
election. The Judge of Probate shall serve until the judge's successor
is appointed and qualified.
The Judge of Probate shall be an attorney-at-law in good standing
who has been admitted to the practice of law in this state. The judge
need not be a resident of the town.
[Amended 11-4-2008, effective 1-1-2009]
In the absence, disability, or disqualification of the Judge
of Probate so that the judge is unable to fulfill the judge's duties,
or there is a vacancy in such office, the duties of the Judge of Probate
shall be performed by the Town Solicitor or municipal court judge;
and when so serving, the acting Judge of Probate shall have and exercise
all the powers and duties of the judge of probate.
The Town Clerk shall be the clerk of the probate court.
All fees collected by the clerk of the probate court shall inure
to the benefit of the town and shall be paid over to the Town Treasurer
unless otherwise directed by the laws of the state.
