Guam § 2417 - Family Allowance: When May be Granted; Continuance;
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§ 2417. Family Allowance: When May be Granted; Continuance;
Modification; No Stay on Appeal.
(a) The allowance provided in Section 2415 of this Title may be
granted by the Superior Court before the inventory is filed, in which case
it shall continue until modified by the Superior Court. After the inventory
is filed the Superior Court may grant such allowance, or may modify any
allowance made before the filing of the inventory, upon the petition of
any person interested, and a hearing after notice is given in the manner
provided in Section 3401 of this Title.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no stay shall be had
of the payment of any allowance provided in Section 2415 of this Title,
or of any installment thereof, pending appeal from an order relating
thereto. If the Superior Court of Guam, acting under the provisions of
Section 942 of the Code of Civil Procedure, dispenses with or limits the
security required of the person who appeals such order, it may in its
discretion required that the person in whose favor the allowance provided
in Section 2415 of this Title was made provide security such as that
required of a personal representative under the provisions of Subchapter
B of Chapter 20 of this Title, to the effect that if the order appealed from,
or any part thereof, be so modified or reversed that such allowance, or
any part thereof, proves to be unwarranted, the same shall, unless
deducted from any final or partial distribution ordered in favor of the
person in whose favor such allowance was awarded, be repaid and
refunded into said estate, and, if not so repaid and refunded within thirty
(30) calendar days after the Superior Court shall so order following such
modification or reversal, judgment may be entered therefor, on the
motion of the personal representative of said estate, in favor of such
personal representative and against the person in whose favor such
allowance was made and the sureties, if any, on his undertaking or other
form of security as provided in this subsection, for such amount, together
with interest and costs.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2417 ("Family Allowance: When May be Granted; Continuance;") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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