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Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 3433

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of Guam from an order of the Superior Court of Guam granting or revoking letters testamentary, letters of administration with the will annexed or letters of administration; admitting a will to probate or revoking the probate thereof; setting aside an estate claimed not to exceed $20,000.00 in value; setting apart property as a homestead or claimed to be exempt from execution; confirming a report of an appraiser or appraisers in setting apart a homestead; granting or modifying a family allowance; directing or authorizing the sale or conveyance or confirming the sale of property; settling an account of an executor, administrator with the will annexed, administrator, special administrator or trustee, or instructing or appointing a trustee; directing or allowing the payment of a debt, claim, legacy, commission or attorney’s fee; determining heirship or the persons to whom distribution should be made or trust property should pass; distributing property; refusing to make any order heretofore mentioned in this Section; fixing an inheritance tax or determining that none is due; or made in the circumstances mentioned in Section 721 of this Title.

SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 1240; Guam Law Revision
Commission.

COMMENT: The Commission has added the last clause, to cause § 3433 to comport with the applicable provisions of Chapter 7, supra.
(1993) See 7 Guam Code Ann. Chapters 1-9 (P.L. 21-147) for the creation and effective dates for the commencement of the Supreme Court of Guam and the consequent disestablishment of the appellate functions of the District Court of Guam.

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