Proof of Lost or Destroyed Wills; Restraining Acts of

Previously Appointed Administrator Pending Hearing on Petition.

(a)No will shall be proved as a lost or destroyed will unless:

(1)Such will is proved to have been in physical existence at the time of the testator's death; or

(2)Such will is proved to have been destroyed by public calamity or destroyed fraudulently during the testator's life, without the testator's knowledge.

(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1519 of this Title, no will shall be proved as a lost or destroyed will unless its provisions are clearly and distinctly proved by the sworn testimony of at least two

(2)credible witnesses in open court.

(c)If, before the filing or pending the hearing of a petition to prove a lost or destroyed will, letters of administration are granted on the estate of the purported testator, or letters testamentary or letters of administration with the will annexed upon any previous will of the purported testator are granted, the Superior Court of Guam may upon the motion of the petitioner restrain the personal representatives so appointed from any acts or proceedings which would be injurious to the devisees or legatees claiming under the lost or destroyed will.