) No person is competent to serve as an administrator who has not the qualifications required of an executor pursuant to the provisions of Section 1701 of this Title.

(b) The letters of any natural person appointed to serve as an administrator may, in the discretion of the Superior Court of Guam, be revoked if during the course of the administration such administrator

(1) ceases to be a resident of the territory of Guam,
(2) ceases to be physically present in the territory of Guam, or

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(3) is adjudged by the Superior Court of Guam incompetent to execute the duties of the trust by reason of drunkenness, improvi- dence, or want of understanding or integrity.

SOURCE: Subsection (a): Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 420; Guam Law
Revision Commission. Subsection (b): Guam Law Revision Commission.

COMMENT: The Commission has added subsection (b), which is substantially the same as § 1701(d) and is intended to indicate that administrators — like executors and administrators with the will annexed — must remain residents of Guam, physically present in Guam, and otherwise competent to execute the duties of the trust, during the course of the administration as well as at the time of appointment.