When Rights of Succession Are Dependent on Parent-Child

Relationship.

(a)The rights of succession by a child, as set forth in Chapters 9 and 10 of this Title, are dependent upon the existence, prior to the death of the decedent, of a parent and child relationship between such child and the decedent.

(b)The rights of succession by issue through a deceased child of a decedent, as set forth in Chapters 9 and 10 of this Title, are dependent upon the existence, prior to the death of such deceased child, of a parent and child relationship between such issue and such deceased child, and upon the existence prior to the death of the decedent or such deceased child, of a parent and child relationship between such deceased child and the decedent. COL10312014 CH. 8 SUCCESSION & SECURITIES TRANSFER

(c)The rights of succession to a child's estate by a parent and all persons who would take an intestate share of the decedent's estate through such parent, as set forth in Chapters 9 and 10 of this Title, are dependent upon the existence, prior to the death of the decedent, of a parent and child relationship between the parent and the deceased child.

(d)For purposes of this Section and of Chapters 9 and 10 of this Title, a parent and child relationship exists where such relationship is

(1)presumed and not rebutted pursuant to, or

(2)established pursuant to, the applicable Guam laws concerning the existence and establishment of a parent and child relationship.