§ 2401 Possession Pending Inventory: Discretion to Set Apart Property Exempt From Execution; Mandatory Setting Apart of Homestead Property Previously Selected by Spouses
§ 2403 Notice of Hearing Petition
§ 2405 Vesting of Homestead; Exemption From Liability for Debts
§ 2409 Selection and Designation of Probate Homestead; Property\r\nFrom Which Selected; Duration; Subjection to Administration
§ 2411 Ownership of Property Set Aside
§ 2413 Successor to Holder of Homestead Right
§ 2417 Family Allowance: When May be Granted; Continuance; Modification; No Stay on Appeal
§ 2421 Costs
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Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 15 > Chapter 24 - Support of Family: Homestead and Exempt Property, Family Allowance

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.