19 Guam Code Ann. § 9106
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Terms Used In 19 Guam Code Ann. § 9106
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- 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.
A guardian of the person or estate, or of both, of a child born, or likely to be born, may be appointed by will or by deed, to take effect upon the death of the parent appointed:
(a) If the child be legitimate, by either parent, with written consent of the other; or by either parent, if the other be dead or incapable of consent.
(b) If the child be illegitimate, by the mother: Provided further, that any parent may, by deed or will, appoint a guardian as to the property which his or her child may inherit and take by devise or bequest from him or her.
SOURCE: CC ‘241.
(a) If the child be legitimate, by either parent, with written consent of the other; or by either parent, if the other be dead or incapable of consent.
(b) If the child be illegitimate, by the mother: Provided further, that any parent may, by deed or will, appoint a guardian as to the property which his or her child may inherit and take by devise or bequest from him or her.
SOURCE: CC ‘241.