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2025 Guam Statutes
Title 15 - Estates and Probate
Division 4 - Guardian and Ward
Chapter 47 - Notices and Procedure

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15 Guam Code §§ 4701 - 4705 (2025)
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15 GCA ESTATES AND PROBATE CH. 47 NOTICES AND PROCEDURE CHAPTER 47 NOTICES AND PROCEDURE § 4701. § 4702. § 4703. § 4704. § 4705. Request for Special Notice. Compliance With Request. Proof of Compliance With Request. Division 3 of Code Governs Practice. Guardian Ad Litem. § 4701. Request for Special Notice. At any time after the issuance of letters of guardianship, any relative of the ward, in person or by attorney, or the attorney for any department or bureau of the United States government or of the government of Guam which makes or awards compensation, pension, insurance or other allowance for the benefit of the ward's estate, may serve upon the guardian or upon the latter's attorney, and file with the clerk of the court, with a written admission or proof of such service, a written request stating that he desire special notice of the filing or commencing of any or all of the following: 1. Petitions for the sale, lease or mortgage or confirmation of sale of any property of the ward; 2. Accounts; 3. Application for removal of the ward's property to a foreign jurisdiction; 4. Petitions for partition of any property of the ward; 5. Petitions for allowances of any nature payable from the ward's estate; 6. Petitions for the investment of funds of the estate; 7. Proceedings for the removal, suspension or discharge of the guardian or final termination of the guardianship. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), 1600. § 4702. Compliance With Request. Such request shall give the post office address of the person making the same or of the attorney, and thereafter a brief notice of the filing of any such petition or account or of the commencement of any such proceeding, except petition for the sale of perishable property or other 1 COL120106 15 GCA ESTATES AND PROBATE CH. 47 NOTICES AND PROCEDURE personal property which will depreciate in value if not disposed of promptly, or which will incur loss or expense by being kept, together with a copy of such petition, application, account or proceeding, shall be mailed to such relative or attorney, at his stated post office address or personally served upon him, within two (2) days after the filing of such petition, account or application or the commencement of such proceeding. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 1601. § 4703. Proof of Compliance With Request. Proof of mailing or of personal service of the notice must be made at the hearing; and if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that said notice has been regularly given, the court shall so find in its order, and such order, when it becomes final, shall be conclusive upon all persons. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 1602. § 4704. Division 3 of Code Governs Practice. When not otherwise specially prescribed in this Division, practice and procedure and the making and entry of orders under this Division shall be governed by the provisions of Division 3 of this Title, so far as they are applicable. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 1606. § 4705. Guardian Ad Litem. The provisions of this Division do not limit the power of any court to appoint a guardian ad litem to protect the interests of any minor or insane or incompetent person in an action or proceeding pending therein. SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 1607. ---------- 2 COL120106
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