Guam § 1915 - Accounts and Commissions of Special Administrators;

§ 1915. Accounts and Commissions of Special Administrators;

Attorney's Fees; Division of Commissions and Fees; Procedure for

Early Payment of Extraordinary Attorney's Fees.

(a) The special administrator must render a verified account of his

proceedings in like manner as administrators are required to do pursuant

to the provisions of Chapter 27 of this Title. The commissions of the

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special administrator, and the fees of the special administrator's attorney,

shall be fixed by the Superior Court of Guam; but the total commissions

paid and extra allowances made to the special administrator and the

executor, or to the special administrator and the administrator with the

will annexed, or to the special administrator and the administrator, must

not, together, exceed the sums provided in Chapter 28 of this Title as

commissions and extra allowances for executors, administrators with the

will annexed or administrators; and the total fees paid to the attorneys

both of the special administrator and the executor, or of the special

administrator and the administrator with the will annexed, or of the

special administrator and the administrator, must not, together, exceed

the sums provided in Chapter 28 of this Title for the ordinary and

extraordinary services of attorneys for executors, administrators with the

will annexed, or administrators.

(b) When the same person does not act as both special administrator

and executor, or as special administrator and administrator with the will

annexed, or as special administrator and administrator, the commissions

and allowances referred to in subsection (a) of this Section shall be

divided between the special administrator and the executor, or between

the special administrator and the administrator with the will annexed, or

between the special administrator and the administrator, in such

proportions as the Superior Court of Guam shall deem just; and when the

same attorney does not act for both the special administrator and the

executor, or for both the special administrator and the administrator with

the will annexed, or for both the special administrator and the

administrator, the fees referred to in subsection (a) of this Section shall

be divided between the attorneys in such proportion as the Superior

Court of Guam shall deem just.

(c) At any time after six (6) months from the grant of special letters

of administration, or upon the earlier settlement of the final account of

the special administrator, and upon such notice to the special

administrator and to the persons interested in the estate as the Superior

Court of Guam shall require, any attorney who has rendered

extraordinary services to the special administrator may apply to the

Superior Court of Guam for compensation for such extraordinary

services; and on the hearing, upon proof that due notice of the hearing

has been given, the Superior Court of Guam shall make an order

requiring the special administrator to pay such attorney out of the estate

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such compensation as the Superior Court of Guam shall deem proper,

and such payment shall be made forthwith.