Purpose and Findings

Purpose and Findings. The legislature finds that the United States Congress has appropriated funds for the payment of more than 2,000 outstanding awards made by the Micronesian War Claims Commission to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. A substantial number of these claims will require that one or more probates be administered before the war claim payments can be released. It is in the interest of the citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to process the payment of the war claims as quickly, fairly, and efficiently as possible. It is the purpose of this article to simplify the process by which heirs of war claims recipients can rightfully claim their estates with a minimum of cost, delay and court procedure. Source: PL 6-9, § 2.