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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

15 GCA § 1513: Order to Produce Will; Confinement to Jail for Refusal to Produce; Court Has Power to Enforce Production of Wills and Attendance of Witnesses.

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  1. Title 15: Estates and Probate
  2. Division 3 - Administration of Decedents’ Estates
  3. Chapter 15: Probate of Wills

(a) If it is alleged in a petition praying for the admission of a will to probate and for the grant of letters testamentary or for letters of administration with the will annexed that some person has possession of the will, and the Superior Court of Guam is satisfied that such allegation is true, the Superior Court of Guam shall make an order and cause it to be served upon such person, requiring such person to produce the will at a time named in such order.

(b) If a person having possession of the will neglects or refuses to produce it as required by an order as provided in subsection (a) of this Section, such person may by warrant of the Superior Court of Guam be committed to jail and confined therein until he produces it.

(c) The Superior Court of Guam may at any time make and issue all necessary orders and writs to enforce the production of wills and the attendance of witnesses.

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