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Records at the Judicial Records Center (JRC) are available to researchers in ance with the laws of Rhode Island and the operating rules of the department. All public records are open for use except for those specifically restricted by law or rule. An appointment is not necessary to view materials at the JRC.

The Rhode Island Judiciary Public Portal (Public Portal)​, which is separate from the case management system or the electronic filing system, is the point of entry for electronic access to case information from the Rhode Island Judiciary's (Judiciary) database whether at the courthouse or remotely.

A Rhode Island small estate affidavit is a form that can be used to speed the distribution of assets in certain estates. Any estate valued at less than $15,000 is considered a small estate. This helps avoid the lengthy and costly process of traditional probate.

If a person dies with less than $15,000 of personal property, probate may be shortened under the "small estate" provision. The executor of the estate will have to file the necessary forms with the probate court, but the waiting time for the closure of these estates is typically much shorter and far less costly.

An estate accounting (also known as a probate accounting) provides a financial breakdown of what happened to the assets in a decedent's estate during the probate process. The personal representative must provide all interested parties with an estate accounting.

Failure by any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena served upon that person may be deemed a contempt of the court in which the action is pending.

Rule 36 - Clerical Mistakes. Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or other parts of the record and errors therein arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time of the court's own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if any, as the court orders.

On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or a party's legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) Newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered ...

Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure authorizes a court to relieve a party from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for various reasons, including “mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.” Fed. R. Civ. P.