Subscribing Witnesses' Testimony to be Perpetuated; Uses of

15 GCA § 1609, under Will Contests.

15 GCA § 1609

Such Perpetuated Testimony in Subsequent Contest. The testimony of each subscribing witness who has testified at the trial of a contest which was filed before the hearing of a petition for probate and for the grant of letters testamentary or of letters of administration with the will annexed, as provided in Section 1601 of this Title, shall be reduced to writing, signed by such subscribing witness and filed in the permanent records of the Superior Court of Guam, and shall be admissible in evidence in any subsequent contest of the same will if such witness has died or has permanently removed from the territory of Guam. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 374. COMMENT: In § 374 of the Probate Code of Guam (1970), reference was made to the “official” records of the Superior Court of Guam. The Commission has changed this to the “permanent” records of the Superior Court of Guam, in keeping with the language of other revised Sections. See Comments to §§ 1527 and 1529, supra.

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ARTICLE 2 CONTESTS AFTER PROBATE