Guam § 2303 - Dealings in General: Payment of Debts, Expenses, and

§ 2303. Dealings in General: Payment of Debts, Expenses, and

Family Allowance of Testate Decedent; Provision by Will; Order of

Resort to Estate Assets for Such Purposes.

If a testator makes provision by will, or designates the estate to be

appropriated, for the payment of his debts, the expenses of

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administration, or family allowance, they must be paid according to such

provision or out of the estate thus appropriated, so far as the same is

sufficient. If insufficient, that portion of the estate not disposed of by the

will, if any, must be appropriated for that purpose; and if that is not

sufficient, the property given to residuary legatees and devisees, and

thereafter all other property devised and bequeathed, is liable for the

same, in proportion to the value or amount of the several devises and

legacies, but specific devises and legacies are exempt from such liability

if it appears to the Superior Court that such exemption is necessary to

carry into effect the intention of the testator, and there is other sufficient

estate.