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Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 2411

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
When property other than a homestead selected and recorded during the lifetime of the decedent, is set apart to the use of the decedent’s

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15 Guam Code Ann. ESTATES AND PROBATE
CH. 24 SUPPORT OF FAMILY: HOMESTEAD AND
EXEMPT PROPERTY, FAMILY ALLOWANCE
family, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, such property, if the decedent left a surviving spouse and no minor child, is the property of such surviving spouse; if the decedent left also a minor child or
children, one-half (2) of such property belongs to the surviving spouse
and the remainder to the child or in equal shares to the children; if there
is no surviving spouse, the whole belongs to the minor child or children.

SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 667.
COMMENT: See Comment to § 2409, supra.