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Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 4906

  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
, of Claims.

(a) Notice, presentation and payment of creditor’s claims shall be undertaken in proceedings governed by this Chapter, except as follows:

(1) In the case of proceeding re-opened under § 4903 of this Chapter, or in the case of a deceased heir’s estate previously subject to probate administration as to which direct distribution of the deceased heir’s share of an award is proposed, no notice to creditors shall be given and no creditor’s claims shall be allowed or approved; provided, however, that if a creditor’s claim approved in the original proceedings remains unsatisfied, notice by registered mail of the reopened proceedings shall be given to such creditor and the balance of his approved claim shall be paid if a written request for payment is filed or presented within sixty (60) days of said mailing.

(2) In original proceedings, and in the case of a deceased heir’s estate that was not previously subject to probate administration, as to which direct distribution is proposed, notice to creditors shall be given as provided in Chapter 25 of this Title, except that notice shall be published, pursuant to §§ 2503 and 2505 of this Title, in only one (1) issue of a daily newspaper of general circulation in Guam. In proceedings under § 4904 of this Chapter, such notice shall also list the estates of each deceased heir whose share is proposed to be distributed directly, and shall require all persons having a claim against any of said estates to file, before the entry of a decree of preliminary or final distribution, a written request for separate administration on the deceased heir’s estate, with the Clerk of the Superior Court.

(b) Nothing herein shall be construed as permitting revival of a creditor’s claim barred by any statute of limitations or other rule of law.