7 Guam Code Ann. § 39203
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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 39203
- 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.
cept as otherwise provided in section 39204, the Superior Court of Guam may not modify a child-custody determination made by a court of another State unless the Superior Court of Guam has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 39201(a)(1) or (2) and:
(1) the court of the other State determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 39202 or that the Superior Court of Guam would be a more convenient forum under section 39207; or
(2) the Superior Court of Guam or a court of the other State determines that the child, the child’s parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other State.