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cept as provided in ‘163 of the Civil Code of Guam, a homestead can be abandoned only by:

(a) a declaration of abandonment executed and acknowledged by the husband and wife, jointly or by separate instruments, if the claimants are married;

(b) a declaration of abandonment or a conveyance by the claimant if unmarried;

(c) a declaration of abandonment or a conveyance by the grantee named in a conveyance by which one spouse conveys the homestead to the other spouse without expressly reserving his homestead rights;

(d) a conveyance or conveyances by both spouses as provided in § 43105 of this Article; or

(e) a declaration of abandonment or a conveyance by the claimant alone in the case of a married person’s separate homestead.
SOURCE: CC ‘1243 R/R by P.L. 15-113:12.