15 Guam Code Ann. § 4701
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- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- 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.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Probate: Proving a will
any time after the issuance of letters of guardianship, any relative of the ward, in person or by attorney, or the attorney for any department
or bureau of the United States government or of the government of Guam
which makes or awards compensation, pension, insurance or other allow- ance for the benefit of the ward’s estate, may serve upon the guardian or upon the latter’s attorney, and file with the clerk of the court, with a written admission or proof of such service, a written request stating that he desire special notice of the filing or commencing of any or all of the following:
1. Petitions for the sale, lease or mortgage or confirmation of sale of any property of the ward;
2. Accounts;
or bureau of the United States government or of the government of Guam
which makes or awards compensation, pension, insurance or other allow- ance for the benefit of the ward’s estate, may serve upon the guardian or upon the latter’s attorney, and file with the clerk of the court, with a written admission or proof of such service, a written request stating that he desire special notice of the filing or commencing of any or all of the following:
1. Petitions for the sale, lease or mortgage or confirmation of sale of any property of the ward;
2. Accounts;
3. Application for removal of the ward’s property to a foreign jurisdiction;
4. Petitions for partition of any property of the ward;
5. Petitions for allowances of any nature payable from the ward’s estate;
6. Petitions for the investment of funds of the estate;
7. Proceedings for the removal, suspension or discharge of the guardian or final termination of the guardianship.
SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), 1600.