§ 3039 Subsequent Administration; After-Discovered Property; Distribution to Territory of Guam; Notice to Treasurer of Guam
§ 3003 Preliminary Distribution: Hearing; Order
§ 3005 Preliminary Distribution: Costs
§ 3007 Preliminary Distribution: Discharge
§ 3009 Petition for Final Distribution or Report on Status of Administration; Citation; Revocation of Letters; Reduction of Fees or Commissions
§ 3011 Final Distribution: Procedure; Objections; Inquiry by Court Concerning Distribution to Assignees or Transferees; Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
§ 3013 Final Distribution: Decree; Contents; Conclusiveness
§ 3015 Final Distribution: Intestate Minor; Unmarried Heir, Devisee or Legatee
§ 3017 Final Distribution: Death of Heir, Devisee or Legatee Before\r\nDistribution
§ 3021 Distribution in General: Payment of Taxes
§ 3031 Nonresident Decedents: Delivery of Property or Proceeds to\r\nPersonal Representative in Jurisdiction of Decedent\’s Residence
§ 3037 Discharge: Decree; Discharge for Want of Property Subject to Administration
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Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 15 > Chapter 30 - Distribution and Discharge

  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.
  • 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.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.