19 Guam Code Ann. § 4220
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Terms Used In 19 Guam Code Ann. § 4220
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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19 Guam Code Ann. PERSONAL RELATIONS
CH. 4 PARENT AND CHILD
Where an adoption has been judicially decreed by a court in the United States, such decree shall have the same force and effect as to matters within the jurisdiction of Guam as though it had been granted by the court.
2022 NOTE: Reference to “”Territory”” removed pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.
SOURCE: CC § 221.20 enacted by P.L. 13-133:1 (Feb. 3, 1976).