Guam § 2729 - Time for Payment of Expenses of Administration, Funeral,

§ 2729. Time for Payment of Expenses of Administration, Funeral,

Last Illness, Family Allowance and Wage Claims; Payment of Other

Debts and Legacies on Court Order; Funeral and Last Illness

Expenses to be Debts of Decedent's Estate.

(a) As soon as the personal representative has sufficient funds in his

hands, after retaining sufficient to pay the expenses of administration, the

personal representative must pay the funeral expenses, the expenses of

the last illness, the family allowance, and wage clams to the extent of

nine hundred dollars ($900.00) of each employee of the decedent for

work done or personal services rendered within ninety (90) days prior to

the death of the employer; but the personal representative is not obliged

to pay any other debt or any legacy until, as prescribed in this Chapter,

the payment has been ordered by the Superior Court.

(b) Funeral expenses and expenses of last illness shall be deemed

debts payable out of the estate of the deceased spouse, and shall not be

charged to the community share of a surviving spouse, whether or not the

surviving spouse is financially able to pay such expenses and whether or

not the surviving spouse or any other person is also liable therefor.