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15 GCA § 201 · Formalities Required for Witnessed Wills.
15 GCA § 203 · When Devises, Bequests and Legacies to Subscribing Witnesses are Valid; When They are Void.
15 GCA § 205 · Competency of Creditors to Be Witnesses to Wills.
15 GCA § 207 · Requirements for Holographic Wills; Matters Which May Be Disregarded; Holographic Changes to Holographic Wills.
15 GCA § 209 · Wills May Be in Any Language.
15 GCA § 301 · Will May be Deposited With Clerk of Superior Court.
15 GCA § 303 · Disposition of Deposited Wills.
15 GCA § 305 · Duty of Presiding Judge on Receipt of Deposited Will.
15 GCA § 401 · Marriage After Making Will: Will Revoked as to Spouse.
15 GCA § 403 · Divorce After Making Will: Will Revoked as to Former Spouse.
15 GCA § 405 · Marriage After Making Will: Will Revoked as to Issue of Marriage.
15 GCA § 407 · Effect of Instrument Altering Interest in Property Which was Previously Disposed of by Will.
15 GCA § 409 · Effect of Contract for Sale or Transfer of Property Which was Previously Disposed of by Will.
15 GCA § 411 · Effect of Charge or Encumbrance on Property Which was Previously Disposed of by Will.
15 GCA § 413 · Methods of Formal Revocation of Written Will.
15 GCA § 415 · Effect of Revocation of Subsequent Will.
15 GCA § 417 · Effect of Revocation of Duplicate Will.
15 GCA § 419 · Revocation of Will Revokes its Codicils.
15 GCA § 501 · When Omitted Children and Grandchildren Take by Succession; When Not.
15 GCA § 503 · Sources and Apportionment of Share of Omitted Children and Grandchildren.
15 GCA § 505 · When Death of Devisee or Legatee Causes Lapse; When Not.
15 GCA § 601 · Law Governing Interpretation; Testator's Intention Always Paramount.
15 GCA § 603 · Several Testamentary Instruments to be Construed as One; Testator's Intention to be Given Fullest Effect Possible.
15 GCA § 605 · Every Expression Given Some Effect; Preference for Avoiding Total Intestacy.
15 GCA § 607 · Explanation of Ambiguities and Doubts; Wills to be Construed as a Whole; Construction of Irreconcilable Parts.
15 GCA § 609 · Clear Devises or Bequests Not Affected by Reasons Set Forth, Other Words in Will, Inferences, Arguments, and Inaccurate Recitals.
15 GCA § 611 · Correction of Mistakes and Omissions; Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Arrive at Testamentary Intent.
15 GCA § 613 · Words of Will to be Taken in Ordinary and Grammatical Sense; Construction of Technical Words.
15 GCA § 615 · Word “Heirs” or Other Words of Inheritance Not Necessary to Devise Fee; Effect of Devise of Realty.
15 GCA § 617 · Effect of Disposition to “Heirs,” etc.; Distinction Between Words of Donation and Words of Limitation.
15 GCA § 619 · Rule of Worthier Title Abolished; Construction of Devise or Bequest to Testator's Own Heirs or Next of Kin.
15 GCA § 621 · Effect of Devise of Land.
15 GCA § 623 · When After-Acquired Interests are Passed by Devise of Land; When Not.
15 GCA § 625 · Construction of References to Death or Survivorship.
15 GCA § 627 · Scope of Disposition to a Class; When Afterborn Child Takes.
15 GCA § 629 · Effect of Provision Directing Conversion of Real Property.
15 GCA § 631 · What is Included in Devise or Bequest of All Real or Personal Property.
15 GCA § 633 · Effect of Disposition of Residue.
15 GCA § 635 · Death of Devisee of Limited Interest; Effect Upon Persons in Remainder.
15 GCA § 637 · Conditional Disposition Defined.
15 GCA § 639 · Condition Precedent: Definition; Construction; Operation.
15 GCA § 641 · Condition Subsequent: Definition; Operation.
15 GCA § 643 · Bequest of Interest or Income Accrues From Time of Death.
15 GCA § 645 · Legacies: Distinctions, Definitions and Designations.
15 GCA § 647 · Unpaid Legacies to Bear Interest; Commencement of Annuities; Unpaid Accumulations to Bear Interest.
15 GCA § 649 · Distribution of Net Income From Property Sold During Administration.
15 GCA § 701 · Authority; Amendability or Revocability of Trust; Manner of Holding, Administering and Disposing of Property Devised or Bequeathed; Lapse.
15 GCA § 703 · Effect on Prior Wills.
15 GCA § 705 · Uniform Construction.
15 GCA § 707 · Short Title.
15 GCA § 709 · Designation of Trustee as Primary or Contingent Beneficiary, Payee or Owner Under Insurance, Annuity or Endowment, Contract, etc.
15 GCA § 711 · Necessity of Provisions in Will Creating Trust or Making Valid Disposition Under Section 701.
15 GCA § 713 · Payability or Transferability of Benefits or Rights Directly to Trustee.
15 GCA § 715 · Liability of Rights and Benefits to Debts of Designator.
15 GCA § 717 · Jurisdiction of Court Before or After Payment or Transfer of Benefits.
15 GCA § 719 · Applicability of Article 1 of Chapter 33 to Trust.
15 GCA § 721 · Appeal from Order.
15 GCA § 723 · Absence of Qualified Trustee to Claim Rights or Benefits; Payment to Personal Representative; Discharge of Obligor from Liability.
15 GCA § 725 · Effect of Article on Trusts Not Made Pursuant to Article.
15 GCA § 727 · Authorization; Securities, Money, Life or Endowment Policies and Annuity Contracts.
15 GCA § 729 · Bequest to Custodian; Applicability of Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.
15 GCA § 731 · Designation of Adult Person or Trust Company as Custodian; Form.
15 GCA § 733 · Bequest Not in Compliance With Sections 727, 729, 731, or to Person Who Becomes Adult Prior to Distribution as Direct Bequest to Person Named as Minor.
15 GCA § 735 · Distribution by Personal Representative.
15 GCA § 737 · Designation by Testator; Successor or Alternate Custodians; Compensation of Custodian.
15 GCA § 739 · Appointment to Vacancy in Custodianship Prior to Full Distribution.
15 GCA § 741 · Custodian and Beneficiary as Legatees for Purpose of Receiving Notices; Duty of Custodian to Participate in Probate Proceedings.
15 GCA § 743 · Jurisdiction of Court.
15 GCA § 745 · Non-Exclusiveness of Article.
15 GCA § 747 · Definitions.
15 GCA § 749 · Beneficiary; Contents of Disclaimer.
15 GCA § 751 · Infant, Incompetent, or Decedent; Disclaimer by Guardian or Representative.
15 GCA § 753 · Effectiveness of Disclaimer; Knowledge of Disclaimant; Presumptions of Reasonable Time.
15 GCA § 755 · Filing of Disclaimers; Place; Disclaimers Affecting Realty.
15 GCA § 757 · Binding Effect on Beneficiaries and Claimants; Waiver.
15 GCA § 759 · Effect of Interest Disclaimed.
15 GCA § 761 · Restriction on Making Disclaimer; Acceptance by Beneficiary; Exception.
15 GCA § 763 · Right to Disclaim Not Affected by Spendthrift or Other Restrictions.
15 GCA § 765 · Operative Effect of Article.
15 GCA § 767 · Savings Clause.
15 GCA § 801 · Applicability of Chapter.
15 GCA § 803 · Succession Defined.
15 GCA § 805 · Right of Representation Defined; When Posthumous Child is Considered to be Living.
15 GCA § 807 · Establishment and Determination of Degree of Kindred.
15 GCA § 809 · Lineal Consanguinity Defined.
15 GCA § 811 · Collateral Consanguinity Defined.
15 GCA § 813 · When Half-Blood Kindred Inherit Equally; When Not.
15 GCA § 815 · When Rights of Succession Are Dependent on Parent-Child Relationship.
15 GCA § 817 · Inheritance Rights of Adopted Children; Restriction.
15 GCA § 819 · Guam Slayer’s Statute.
15 GCA § 821 · Effect of Devise Upon Bona Fide Purchaser or Encumbrancer of Real Property From Heir.
15 GCA § 851 · Short Title: Rules of Construction.
15 GCA § 852 · Definitions.
15 GCA § 853 · Registration in Beneficiary Form; Sole or Joint Tenancy Ownership.
15 GCA § 854 · Registration in Beneficiary Form; Applicable Law.
15 GCA § 855 · Origination of Registration in Beneficiary Form.
15 GCA § 856 · Form of Registration in Beneficiary Form.
15 GCA § 857 · Effect of Registration in Beneficiary Form.
15 GCA § 858 · Ownership on Death of Owner.
15 GCA § 859 · Protection of Registering Entity.