Guam § 1513 - Order to Produce Will; Confinement to Jail for Refusal to

§ 1513. Order to Produce Will; Confinement to Jail for Refusal to

Produce; Court Has Power to Enforce Production of Wills and

Attendance of Witnesses.

(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

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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.