{"data":{"id":"us-gu/15-gca-2567","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"15 GCA § 2567","heading":"Land Subject to Mortgage.","body":"When a testator devises land subject to a mortgage or other lien, other property specifically devised or bequeathed shall not be sold for the purpose of exonerating the encumbered property, unless a contrary intention can be gathered from the terms of the will, read in the light of the circumstances surrounding its execution. A mere direction that all the testator's debts be paid is not sufficient evidence of such contrary intention.","path":["Title 15: Estates and Probate","Division 3 - Administration of Decedents’ Estates","Chapter 25: Presentation and Payment of Claims Against the Estate"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/15gc025.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:34:38Z","sha256":"b0b3bfb2d3f9caaa484bbafa8d9e08c2d100c2e47879ff0caf2755830518652a","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/15-gca-2565","next":"us-gu/15-gca-2569"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}