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15 GCA § 121

No Person Convicted of Testator’s Murder or Manslaughter to be Devisee or Legatee;

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 15 — Estates and Probate
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Exception. No person convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a decedent shall be entitled to take under any will of the decedent which was executed prior to the infliction of the injury which was the cause of the decedent’s death; but the portion of the decedent’s estate to which he would otherwise be entitled under the decedent’s will goes to the other persons entitled thereto under such will or under the applicable provisions of Chapters 9, 10 and 11 of this Title: Provided, that a person convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a decedent may be entitled to take under a will of the decedent which was executed after the infliction of the injury which was the cause of the decedent’s death, if the Superior Court of Guam specifically finds that such was the decedent’s intention.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.