15 Guam Code Ann. § 1509
Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 1509
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probate: Proving a will
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15 Guam Code Ann. ESTATES AND PROBATE
CH. 15 PROBATE OF WILLS
A will admitted to probate in any State or United States territory, or established or proved in accordance with the laws thereof, may be offered for probate in the Superior Court of Guam if the Superior Court of Guam has jurisdiction under the provisions of Chapter 14 of this Title.
SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 360; Guam Law Revision
Commission.
COMMENT: Section 360 of the Probate Code of Guam (1970) also provided that a will admitted to probate in a foreign country could be offered for probate in the Superior Court of Guam. The Commission has deleted this provision, being of the opinion that the difficulties in proving such wills might be so severe as to make the proof of some such wills impossible in the Superior Court. The Commission also notes that under the provisions of this Title, the requirements for the proving of both witnessed and holographic wills have been relaxed; this being the case, the Commission feels that people moving to Guam from foreign countries will not be subjected to great burdens in preparing new wills, and thus there is no longer any reason for permitting the probate of such foreign wills.