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

15 GCA § 2901: Gifts Before Death as Ademptions; When to be Taken as Advancements.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 15: Estates and Probate
  2. Division 3 - Administration of Decedents’ Estates
  3. Chapter 29: Advancements, Ademption, Partition Before Distribution

A gift before death shall be considered as an ademption of a bequest or devise of the property given; but such gifts shall not be taken as an advancement to an heir or as an ademption of a general legacy unless such intention is expressed by the testator in the grant or otherwise in writing, or unless the donee acknowledges it in writing to be such.

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