Guam § 2103 - Resignation of Personal Representative; Procedure; When

§ 2103. Resignation of Personal Representative; Procedure; When

Effective; Successor; Continuing Liability.

(a) A personal representative may resign his appointment at any

time, by a writing filed in the Superior Court of Guam, to take effect

upon the settlement of his accounts. If, however, by reason of any delay

in such settlement, or for any other cause, the circumstances of the estate

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or the rights of those interested in the estate so require, the Superior

Court of Guam, at any time after the tendering of such resignation, may

revoke the letters of such personal representative and appoint in his stead

an administrator, either special or general, or an administrator with the

will annexed, in the same manner as is provided in this Title in relation to

original letters of administration or original letters of administration with

the will annexed.

(b) The liability of a personal representative who resigns as

provided in subsection (a) of this Section, or of the sureties on his bond

or other form of security, if any, shall not in any manner be discharged,

released or affected by such resignation or by the grant of letters of

administration with the will annexed or of letters of administration to

another person, but shall continue until the personal representative who

so resigns has delivered up all the estate to the person whom the Superior

Court of Guam shall appoint to receive the same.