DIVISION III ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS Chapter I. Administration of Estates of Decedents. §§ 300-362 Chapter III. Appointment of Executors and of Administrators with the Will Annexed. §§ 400-409 VI. Article I. II. III. Letters, Generally, and Changes in Administration. §§ 480-526 Form of Letters. §§ 500-502 Disability and Substitution. §§ 510-512 IV. Resignation, Suspension, and Removal. §§ 520-526 Chapter VII. Oaths and Bonds. §§ 540-554 VIII. Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators. §§ 570-588 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. Setting Aside Estates Not Exceeding $500 in Value. §§ 640-646 Summary Settlement of Estates of Small Value. §§ 647-650 Support of the Family. §§ 660-683 III. Sale of Real Property. §§ 780-793 IV. Sale of Contract to Purchase. §§ 800-802 Chapter XIV. Notes, Mortgages, Leases, Conveyances, and Exchanges. Article I. II. §§ 830-860 Borrowing Money and Mortgaging Property. §§ 830-834 III. Conveyance to Complete Contract. §§ 850-853 IV. Exchange of Real Property. § 860 Chapter XV. Compensation and Accounting. §§ 900-956 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 Chapter XVII. XVIII. XIX. Determination of Heirship. §§ 1080-1082 Establishing Fact of Death or Heirship. §§ 1190-1195 Establishing Fact of Death. §§ 1193-1195 XX. Article I. II. Chapter XXI. Article I. II. Orders. §§ 1220-1222 Notices, Orders, and Procedure. §§ 1200-1240 IV. Appeals. § 1240 DIVISION IV GUARDIAN AND WARD Chapter I. The Relationship, and Rules Governing Its Creation. §§ 1400-1411 II. When Guardianship Not Necessary. §§ 1430-1433 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 XIV. Appeals. §§ 1630-1631 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: § 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. IV. Kindred Not Mentioned in Will, Who Share in Estate. VI. Effect of Certain Provisions. § 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.] |