Letters of Administration May Be Granted to Nominee of

One Entitled; Priority of Nominees; Procedure for Nomination. Letters of administration may be granted to one or more competent persons, although not otherwise entitled to the same, at the written request of the person entitled or of a child, grandchild, parent, brother or sister of the decedent who would be entitled but for his nonresidence in Guam, filed in the Superior Court of Guam. If the person making the request referred to hereinabove is a child, grandchild, parent, brother or sister of the decedent, the nominee shall have priority next after those in the class of the person making the request; otherwise the Superior Court of Guam, in its discretion, may grant letters of administration either to such nominee or to a person of a class subsequent in rank to that of the person making the request, but other persons of the class of the person making the request shall have priority over such nominee.