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Terms Used In 19 Guam Code Ann. § 8201

  • 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.
Marriage is dissolved only:

(a) By the death of one of the parties; or

(b) By the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction decreeing a dissolution of marriage.

SOURCE: CC § 90.