§ 33-19-28

(a) 'Guardian' as used in § 33-19-27 shall be deemed to include a guardian, conservator, curator, committee, or trustee, and any other fiduciary having substantially the same powers and duties as a guardian, conservator, curator, committee, or trustee, with reference to the estate or property of a minor or person non sui juris, or otherwise incapacitated; and a person shall be deemed 'under guardianship' within the meaning of § 33-19-27 if a guardian, conservator, curator, committee, or trustee, or other fiduciary having substantially the duties of a guardian, conservator, curator, committee, or trustee has been appointed with reference to his or her estate or property. (b) This section shall be deemed to be declaratory of the purposes of § 33-19-27 as originally enacted, and shall not be construed so as to invalidate any action taken by any fiduciary heretofore under § 33-19-27. History of Section.G.L., ch. 570, § 30, as enacted by P.L. 1947, ch. 1955, § 1; P.L. 1947, ch. 1955, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-28.