At the time appointed, the court shall by decree determine who are the parties entitled to a share of the intestate's estate, the amount of advancement made by the intestate to any of the parties, and the share to which each of the parties is entitled out of the real estate; and shall thereupon appoint three (3) discreet and disinterested persons, residing in any of the towns wherein the lands to be divided lie, as commissioners to make partition thereof according to the decree.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-3-3