Title 15 — Estates and Probate

Notice of Hearing; Opposition. (a) When four (4) months have elapsed after the first publication of the notice to creditors required by Section 2503 of this Title, and upon bond (or with or without bond, as the Superior Court determines, when the time for filing or presenting cla…

If, at the hearing referred to in Section 3001(b) of this Title, it appears that all of the allegations of the petition are true, that the estate is but little indebted, and that the legacy, devise or share of the estate or any portion thereof may be distributed without loss to t…

If the petition referred to in Section 3001(a) of this Title is made by the personal representative, the cost of the proceeding must be paid by the estate, excepting that when a partition is necessary the cost of the partition must be apportioned among the parties interested in t…

The delivery in accordance with the order referred to in Section 3003 of this Title is a full discharge of the personal representative in the territory of Guam in relation to all property embraced in such order, and when such order becomes final it binds and concludes all parties…

Administration; Citation; Revocation of Letters; Reduction of Fees or Commissions. (a) Within one (1) year from the date of issuance of letters testamentary, letters of administration with the will annexed or letters of administration, the personal representative must either peti…

Concerning Distribution to Assignees or Transferees; Statement of Receipts and Disbursements. (a) Immediately upon the final settlement of the accounts of the personal representative, or at any subsequent time, upon the application of the personal representative, or of any heir, …

In its order or decree of final distribution, the Superior Court must name the persons and the proportions or parts to which each is entitled, and such persons may demand, sue for, and recover their respective shares from the personal representative, or from any person having the…

or Legatee. If any heir, devisee or legatee who is issue of the decedent dies intestate while under age and not having been married, before the close of administration, no administration on the estate of such deceased heir, devisee or legatee is necessary, but his share of his an…

Distribution. If an heir, devisee or legatee dies before the distribution to him of his share of the estate, such share may be distributed to the personal representative of his estate for the purposes of administration thereon, or to the estate of such decedent for the purposes o…

Procedure; Claims; Time; Undistributed Portion. (a) If the Superior Court, at the time set for the hearing of the final account, or such time thereafter to which the matter might be continued, does not order final distribution of the entire balance of the estate remaining for dis…

Before any decree of distribution is made, all taxes due from the distributee and all personal property taxes due and payable by the estate must be paid. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 1024. COMMENT: Section 3021 is intended to cover all distributions, both preliminary an…

Nonresidents, Absentees, Minors, etc. When property is assigned or distributed to a person residing out of, and having no agent in, the territory of Guam, or to a distributee who cannot be found or who refuses to accept the same or to give a proper voucher therefor, or to a minor…

Fiduciaries. If the assignee or distributee is a nonresident minor or a person who has a guardian, conservator, or other fiduciary of his estate legally appointed under the laws of any State, United States territory or country, the distribution of such assignee's or distributee's…

Property; Annual Account by Personal Representative; Claim for Money Deposited With Clerk. (a) When personal property remains in the hands of the personal representative unclaimed for one (1) year, or when the distributee refuses to accept or to give a proper receipt for the prop…

Inventory. Where a specific legacy is for life only, the life tenant must sign and deliver to the remainderman, or, if there is none, to the personal representative, an inventory of the property, expressing that the same is in the life tenant's custody for life only, and that, on…

Personal Representative in Jurisdiction of Decedent's Residence. Upon application for distribution after final settlement of the accounts of the personal representative, if the decedent was a nonresident of the territory of Guam and left a will which has been duly proved or allow…

Notice; Objections. The order referred to in Section 3031 of this Title may be made on the petition of the personal representative or of any person interested in the estate. When such petition is filed, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall set the same for hearing, and notice th…

Personal Representative. The delivery, in accordance with the order of the Superior Court referred to in Section 3031 of this Title, is a full discharge of the personal representative in the territory of Guam, in relation to all property embraced in such order, and when such orde…

to Administration. (a) When the estate has been fully administered, and it is shown by the personal representative, by the production of satisfactory vouchers, that the personal representative has paid all sums of money due from him, and delivered up, under the order of the Super…

Distribution to Territory of Guam; Notice to Treasurer of Guam. The final settlement of an estate, as in this Chapter provided, shall not prevent a subsequent issue of letters testamentary or of administration, or of administration with the will annexed, if other property of the …