DIVISION III ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS Chapter I. Administration of Estates of Decedents. §§ 300-362 Jurisdiction. §§ 300-303 Probate of Wills. §§ 320-332 Article I. Lost or Destroyed Wills. §§ 350-352 Chapter II. Contest of Wills. §§ 370-385 Article I. II. Contests Before Probate. §§ 370-374 Chapter III. Appointment of Executors and of Administrators with the Will IV. Article I. II. III. Chapter VII. Appointment of Administrators. §§ 420-453 Chapter V. Special Administrators. §§ 460-468 VI. Letters, Generally, and Changes in Administration. §§ 480-526 Article I. Banks and Trust Companies. §§ 480-481 Form of Letters. §§ 500-502 II. III. Disability and Substitution. §§ 510-512 IV. Resignation, Suspension, and Removal. §§ 520-526 Oaths and Bonds. §§ 540-554 VIII. Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators. §§ 570-588 IX. Inventory and Appraisement. §§ 600-615 X. Disposition of Estates Without Administration. §§ 630-650 Article I. Transfer of Personal Property Not Exceeding $300 in Value. §§ 630-631 II. III. Chapter XI. Article I. II. Chapter XII. Article I. II. Chapter XIII. Article I. II. III. Sale of Real Property. §§ 780-793 IV. Sale of Contract to Purchase. §§ 800-802 Chapter XIV. Notes, Mortgages, Leases, Conveyances, and Exchanges. Setting Aside Estates Not Exceeding $500 in Value. §§ 640-646 Homestead and Exempt Property. §§ 660-668 Rules as to Payment of Claims. §§ 730-739 Sales in General. §§ 750-761 Sale of Personal Property. §§ 770-774 §§ 830-860 Borrowing Money and Mortgaging Property. §§ 830-834 Article I. III. Conveyance to Complete Contract. §§ 850-853 Attorneys' Fees. §§ 910-911 III. Rendering of Exhibits and Accounts. §§ 920-932 IV. Payment of Debts, Expenses, and Charges. §§ 950-956 Chapter XVI. Distribution and Discharge. §§ 1000-1067 II. Ratable Distribution. §§ 1010-1013 III. IV. Estates of Nonresidents. §§ 1040-1042 V. Advancements and Ademptions. §§ 1050-1054 XX. Determination of Heirship. §§ 1080-1082 Partition Before Distribution. §§ 1100-1106 Establishing Fact of Death or Heirship. §§ 1190-1195 Establishing Fact of Death. §§ 1193-1195 Orders. §§ 1220-1222 Rules of Procedure. §§ 1230-1233 Article I. II. Chapter XXI. Article I. II. III. IV. Appeals. § 1240 DIVISION IV GUARDIAN AND WARD Chapter I. The Relationship, and Rules Governing Its Creation. §§ 1400-1411 When Guardianship Not Necessary. §§ 1430-1433 II. III. Appointment of Guardians for Minors. §§ 1440-1442 IV. Appointment of Guardians for Insane or Incompetent Persons. §§ 1460-1462 V. Restoration to Capacity. §§ 1470-1472 VI. Oaths, Bonds, and Letters. §§ 1480-1487 VII. Powers and Duties. §§ 1500-1515 VIII. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, and Conveyances. §§ 1530-1539 IX. Inventory and Accounting. §§ 1550-1557 X. Nonresident Wards. §§ 1570-1574 XI. Suspension, Removal, and Resignation. §§ 1580-1582 XII. Termination of Guardianship. §§ 1590-1593 XIII. Notices and Procedure. §§ 1600-1607 Table of Sections of Probate Code affected by the Sixth (Special) Session, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Guam Legislature. THE PROBATE CODE OF GUAM There is hereby enacted a new Probate Code The Probate Code of the Territory of Guam § 1. Title and divisions of this Code. § 2. Construction. § 3. Saving clause. § 1. Title and divisions of this Code. This Code shall be known as the Probate Code and is composed of four divisions as follows: Division I. II. II(a). Wills. Succession. Simultaneous Death. Administration of Estates of Decedents. III. IV. Guardian and Ward. [Enacted 1953.] § 2. Construction. The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing laws, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments. [Enacted 1953.] § 3. Saving clause. No action or proceeding commenced before this Code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by its provisions, but the proceedings therein must conform to the requirements of this Code as far as applicable. Chapter I. Who May Make and Take by a Will. II. III. Article I. Execution of Wills. Revocation of Wills. IV. Kindred Not Mentioned in Will, Who Share in Estate. VI. Effect of Certain Provisions. VII. Conditions and Remainders. VIII. Legacies and Interest. General Provisions. § 20. Who may make will. § 21. Community property. § 22. DIVISION I Wills Duress. Mutual will. CHAPTER I Who May Make and Take by a Will Validity of foreign will. Who may take by will. ARTICLE I General Provisions § 23. § 24. Conditional will. § 25. Effect of codicil. § 26. § 27. § 28. Vesting of testamentary dispositions. § 29. Plural devisee. 20. Who may make will. Every person of sound mind, over the age of eighteen (18) years, may dispose of his or her separate property, real and personal, by will. [Enacted 1953.] § 21. Community property. The extent to which community property may be disposed of by will is provided in Chapter I of Division II of this Code. [Enacted 1953.] § 22. Duress. A will or part of a will procured to be made by duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence, may be denied probate; and a revocation procured by the same means may be declared void. [Enacted 1953.] |