If, upon the hearing of any petition provided for in this Article, the Superior Court finds that the net value of the estate over and above all liens and encumbrances at the death of the decedent and over and above the value of any homestead interest set apart out of the decedent’s estate under the provisions of Section 2401 or Section 2409 of this Title does not exceed the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000), as of the date of such death, and that the expenses of the last illness, funeral charges and expenses of administration have been paid, it shall, by decree for that purpose, assign to the surviving spouse of the decedent, if there be a surviving spouse, provided said surviving spouse shall not have theretofore remarried, or, if there be no surviving spouse, then to such child or children of the decedent as may then be minors, if any, the whole of the estate, subject to whatever mortgages, liens or encumbrances there may be upon said estate at the time of the death of the decedent. The title thereto shall vest absolutely in such surviving spouse, or if there be no such surviving spouse, in the minor child or children, subject to whatever mortgages, liens and encumbrances there may be upon said estate at the time of the death of the decedent, and there must be no further proceedings in the administration, unless further estate be discovered.

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15 Guam Code Ann. ESTATES AND PROBATE
CH. 31 DISPOSITION OF ESTATES OF SMALL VALUE

SOURCE: California Probate Code, § 645 (as amended). Amended by P.L. 33-
213:8 (Dec. 15, 2016).

COMMENT: See Comment to § 3109, supra.