Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 1001

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Upon the death of any married person, one-half (2) of the community property belongs to the surviving spouse; the other half (2)
is subject to the testamentary disposition of the decedent, and in the absence thereof goes to the surviving spouse, subject to the following provisions of this Chapter.

SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 201.

COMMENT: Chapter 10, which corresponds generally to Division II, Chapter I of the Probate Code of Guam (1970), has been quite heavily revised. Several new Sections have been added, corresponding to certain sections of the California Probate Code added since 1933; and the Sections corresponding to §§ 202 and 203 of the Probate Code of Guam (1970) have undergone extensive revision — for the most part, to make them sex-neutral under the mandate of Public Law 14-28. The only part of Chapter 10 which has not been extensively revised is § 1001; revision of this Section was felt to be unnecessary, as § 1001 merely sets forth the basic principle of succession to community property, while the Sections which follow refine that basic law to cover more specific situations.

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