Title 15, Estates and Probate

Nature and Effect. The discharge or bequest in a will of any debt or demand of the testator against the executor or any other person is not valid against the creditors of the decedent, but is a specific bequest of the debt or demand. It must be included in the inventory referred …

The personal representative must take and subscribe an oath that the inventory referred to in Section 2603 of this Title contains a true statement of all of the estate of the decedent which has come to the personal representative's possession or knowledge, and particularly of all…

Estimated, by Personal Representative; Court has Discretion to Order Professional Appraisement of Personalty; Real Property to be Appraised by Court-Appointed Appraiser; Procedure. (a) (1) The personal representative shall appraise at fair market value moneys, currency, cash item…

No Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam or Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam, or partner or employee of a judge of the Superior Court of Guam, or person related to a judge of the Superior Court of Guam or to his spouse within the third degree, or who is married to a relat…

The inventory and appraisement shall be prepared in such form as to set down each item separately with the fair market value thereof at the time of the decedent's death in dollars and cents in figures opposite the respective items. The appraisement shall be signed by the personal…

The appraiser is entitled to receive, from the estate he appraises, his actual and necessary expenses and reasonable compensation for his services, to be allowed by the Superior Court of Guam; and the appraiser must file, with the inventory and appraisement, a verified account of…

Personal Representative. If the personal representative neglects or refuses to file the inventory and appraisement within the time prescribed, the Superior Court of Guam, upon notice, may revoke the personal representative's letters, and the personal representative shall be liabl…

Whenever property not included in the inventory referred to in Section 2603 of this Title comes to the possession or knowledge of the personal representative, the personal representative must cause an inventory and appraisement thereof to be made and filed in the manner prescribe…

COL120106 If any person embezzles, conceals, smuggles, or fraudulently disposes of any property of a decedent, he is chargeable therewith, and liable to an action by the personal representative of the estate for double the value of the property, to be recovered for the benefit of…

Upon complaint made under oath by a personal representative or other person interested in the estate of a decedent, that any person is suspected of having embezzled, concealed, smuggled, or fraudulently disposed of any property of the decedent, or has in his possession or has kno…

Embezzlement of Decedent's Property. If the person cited pursuant to the provisions of Section 2627 of this Title refuses to appear and submit to an examination, or to answer such interrogatories as may be put to him, touching the matters of the complaint made pursuant to the pro…

The Superior Court of Guam, upon the complaint, on oath, of any personal representative, may cite any person who has been entrusted with any part of the estate of the decedent to appear before the Superior Court of Guam and require such person to render a full account, on oath, o…