Title 15 — Estates and Probate
51 chapters · 695 sections in this title.
15 GCA § 1501 Delivery of Will After Death
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(a) If the custodian of a will is some person other than the Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam acting as such, the custodian must, within thirty (30) calendar days after being informed that the maker thereof is dead, deliver the same to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam o…
15 GCA § 1503 Who May Petition For Probate of Will
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Any executor, devisee or legatee named in a will, or any other person interested in the estate, may, at any time after the testator's death, petition the Superior Court of Guam for the probate of the testator's will and that letters testamentary or letters of administration with …
15 GCA § 1505 Renouncement of Named Executor's Right to Letters by
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Failure to Petition. If the person named in a will as executor, for thirty (30) calendar days after he has knowledge of the death of the testator and that he is named as executor, fails to petition the Superior Court of Guam for the probate of the testator's will and that letters…
15 GCA § 1507 Contents of Original Petition for Probate of Will; Incorrect
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Statement of Jurisdictional Facts Not a Bar to Court's Jurisdiction. (a) A petition for the probate of a will and for the grant of letters testamentary, or of letters of administration with the will annexed in the first instance, must be in writing, signed by the petitioner or th…
15 GCA § 1509 Offer to Probate of Foreign Wills
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COL120106 A will admitted to probate in any State or United States territory, or established or proved in accordance with the laws thereof, may be offered for probate in the Superior Court of Guam if the Superior Court of Guam has jurisdiction under the provisions of Chapter 14 o…
15 GCA § 1511 Procedure for Admission of Foreign Wills to Probate; Notice
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The executor or administrator with the will annexed, or any person interested in a will admitted to probate in any State or United States territory, or established or proved in accordance with the laws thereof, may file a copy of such will and of the order or decree admitting it …
15 GCA § 1513 Order to Produce Will; Confinement to Jail for Refusal to
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Produce; Court Has Power to Enforce Production of Wills and Attendance of Witnesses. (a) If it is alleged in a petition praying for the admission of a will to probate and for the grant of letters testamentary or for letters of administration with the will annexed that some person…
15 GCA § 1515 Notice of Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for
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Letters. When a petition for the probate of a will and for the grant of letters testamentary, or letters of administration with the will annexed, is filed in the first instance, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam shall set the same for hearing upon some day not fewer than tw…
15 GCA § 1517 Service of Notice Upon Heirs, Devisees, Legatees and Named
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Executors. At least ten (10) calendar days before the hearing on a petition for the probate of a will and for the grant of letters testamentary, or for letters of administration with the will annexed, filed in the first instance, a copy of the notice of such hearing must be serve…
15 GCA § 1519 Proof of Witnessed Will in Uncontested Proceedings
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(a) If no one appears to contest the probate at the hearing provided in Section 1515 of this Title, and upon proof that due notice of the hearing has been given pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1517 and 3401 of this Title, the Superior Court of Guam may admit a witnessed wi…
15 GCA § 1521 Proof of Will by Copy When Will is Outside Guam
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[Repealed, reserved, or text not separately stated.]
15 GCA § 1523 Proof of Holographic Will
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A holographic will may be proved in the same manner as other private writings. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 331. OFFICIAL FORM: See Official Form No. 5, Appendix "A".
15 GCA § 1525 Proof of Lost or Destroyed Wills; Restraining Acts of
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Previously Appointed Administrator Pending Hearing on Petition. (a) No will shall be proved as a lost or destroyed will unless: (1) Such will is proved to have been in physical existence at the time of the testator's death; or (2) Such will is proved to have been destroyed by pub…
15 GCA § 1527 Record of Entry of Admission of Will to Probate; Translation
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of Wills. (a) When the Superior Court of Guam admits a will to probate the will shall be recorded in the permanent records of the Superior Court of Guam by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam, with the notation: "Admitted to probate (giving date);" provided, that the provisio…
15 GCA § 1529 Provisions of Order Admitting Lost or Destroyed Will:
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Perpetuation of Witnesses' Testimony. COL120106 If a lost or destroyed will is established, the provisions thereof shall be set forth in the order admitting the will to probate, and the order shall be entered at length in the permanent records of the Superior Court of Guam. The t…
15 GCA § 1531 No Contest Permitted as to Foreign Will if Admitted
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Elsewhere. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if it appears from the order or decree referred to in Section 1511 of this Title, or if it be otherwise proved in cases in which there is no such order or decree, that a will has been admitted to probate in a State or another…