Jennifer Swain v. Estate of Shelley A. Tyre by and through James H. Reilly as Administrator d.b.n, c.t.a.

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 Swain (David). David, a slayer pursuant to the Act, has been adjudicated responsible for intentionally causing the death of the testatrix,…