Claims Filed With Clerk; Procedure

COL120106 CH. 25 PRESENTATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE When a claim is filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam before being presented to the personal representative, it shall be filed in duplicate. The Clerk of the Superior Court of Guam shall immediately deliver personally or send, by registered mail, to the personal representative, if one has been appointed, or to the personal representative's attorney, if any, one of the duplicates of the claim. If no personal representative has been appointed at the time a claim is filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall retain both duplicates of the claim until such time as a personal representative is appointed, at which time the Clerk of the Superior Court shall immediately deliver personally or send, by registered mail, to the personal representative or to the personal representative's attorney, if any, one of the duplicates of the claim. The personal representative must allow or reject the claim, and his allowance or rejection must be in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court. If the personal representative allows the claim, the Clerk of the Superior Court, immediately after the filing of the allowance, must present the claim and the allowance to a judge of the Superior Court, and at the same time endorse on the claim the date of such presentation. The judge must endorse upon the claim his allowance or rejection, with the date thereof.