19 GCA § 6104
Priorities for Satisfaction of Community Debts
View official PDF ↗(a)Community debts shall be satisfied first from all community property and all property in which the spouses own an undivided equal interest as joint tenants or tenants in common, excluding the residence of the spouses. Should such property be insufficient, community debts shall then be COL1242015 CH. 6 COMMUNITY PROPERTY satisfied from the residence of the spouses. Should such property be insufficient, only the separate property of the spouse who contracted or incurred the debt shall be liable for its satisfaction. If both spouses contracted or incurred the debt, the separate property of both spouses is jointly and severally liable for its satisfaction.
(b)This Section shall apply only while both spouses are living, and shall not apply to the satisfaction of debts after the death of one or both spouses.
§ The story of this section
- Affected by P.L. 15-113 § 2 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2012 Guam 7 — Timothy C.S.A. Lujan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rita M.S. Lujan, Defendant-Appellee (2012) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶33
- 2013 Guam 17 — Antonette L. Babauta, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Evangelis J. Babauta, Defendant-Appellant (2013) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶20
- 2015 Guam 12 — Richard T. Damian, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua Camacho Damian, and Department of Land Management, Government of Guam, (2015) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶47
- 2015 Guam 5 — George E. Ptack, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joyce Ptack aka Joyce Gunderson, Defendant-Appellee, CVA14-002, 2015 Guam 5, fi (2015) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶45
- 2017 Guam 3 — Antonio Artero Sablan, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Patria Untalan Sablan, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, (2017) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶60
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.