§ 18-6-4. Notice - Guardian ad litem. (a) Upon the application, notice in any form that the court may order shall be given by delivering or mailing by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy of the notice to the attorney general if there are public charitable interests, and to all persons to or for whom income has been paid or accumulated during the period covered by the account, and to those persons who, during that period, have received or were entitled to receive or in the discretion of the trustee might have received principal, and to all persons who, at the time of the mailing or delivery of the copy of the notice, in default of any appointment or otherwise, would be entitled to share in the income or principal if an existing tenancy for life or for years had then terminated or the trust estate were then distributable in whole or in part, and to the executor or administrator of any deceased persons entitled to notice or to those in being who have succeeded to the interest of the deceased person, and to other persons who are or may become interested and who shall have filed with the accountant a request in writing for notice of proceedings on accounts, and any additional notice that the court may order shall be given by publication, unless all persons interested receive actual notice.

(b) The written assent to an account, or the waiver in writing of notice of it by a person interested or by his or her guardian or legal representative, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

(c) If there are other persons interested to whom notice has not been given by delivery of registered or certified mail, or if the interests of persons unborn, unascertained, or legally incompetent to act in their own behalf are not represented except by the accountant, the court shall appoint as guardian ad litem a competent and disinterested person to represent these interests and persons, and the guardian ad litem shall, without further notice or action by the court, also represent with respect to the account all interested persons who may be born after the date of his or her appointment.

(d) It shall not be necessary, unless the court orders, to designate by name persons represented by the guardian ad litem, other than those who are entitled to notice by delivery of registered or certified mailing.

(e) The guardian ad litem appointed by the court shall be entitled to any reasonable compensation that the court shall allow, which shall be charged to income and/or principal as the court directs.

History of Section. (G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 25; P.L. 1942, ch. 1144, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-6-4; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 266, § 1.)