Guam § 2535 - Allowed Claims; Status; Contest of Validity; Duties of Clerk;

§ 2535. Allowed Claims; Status; Contest of Validity; Duties of Clerk;

Claim of Surviving Spouse; Allowance; Discharge.

(a) Every claim allowed by the personal representative and

approved by the Superior Court shall be ranked among the acknowledged

debts of the estate, to be paid in due course of administration; but the

validity thereof may be contested by any person in interest, at any time

prior to the settlement of the account of the personal representative in

which it is first reported as an allowed and approved claim, unless

established by a judgment against the personal representative. The date

of allowance of each claim, together with the amount allowed, must be

entered in the record or register by the Clerk of the Superior Court after

the allowance or approval thereof by the judge of the Superior Court.

(b) A claim of the surviving spouse filed pursuant to the provisions

of Section 2513 or Section 2515 of this Title shall be allowed in that

proportion allocated to the estate by Section 2741 of this Title and may

be discharged by (1) payment to the surviving spouse, (2) payment to the

creditors of the surviving spouse or deceased spouse as identified in the

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claim, or (3) a credit allowed the spouse in the order allocating debts

pursuant to the provisions of Section 2741 of this Title.