Guam § 2405 - Vesting of Homestead; Exemption From Liability for Debts.

§ 2405. Vesting of Homestead; Exemption From Liability for Debts.

(a) If the homestead selected by the husband and wife, or either of

them, during their coverture, and recorded while both were living, was

selected from the community property, or from property to which Section

1101 of this Title is applicable, or from the separate property of the

person selecting or joining in the selection of the same, it vests, on the

death of either spouse, absolutely in the survivor.

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(b) If the homestead was selected from the separate property of the

decedent, the decedent not having joined therein, it vests, on death, in the

decedent's heirs or devisees, subject to the power of the Superior Court to

set it apart for a limited period to the family of the decedent, as provided

in Section 2409 of this Title.

(c) No homestead referred to in subsections (a) or (b) of this Section

is subject to the payment of any debt or liability existing against the

spouses or either of them, at the time of the death of either, except as

provided in the Civil Code of Guam.