19 Guam Code Ann. § 5133
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Terms Used In 19 Guam Code Ann. § 5133
- 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.
is Chapter may be cited as the Family Court Law.
SOURCE: CCP § 281 modified to reflect change in Court Title, and enacted by P.L. 17-012:2 as 19 Guam Code Ann. § 5133.
COMMENT: Since the jurisdiction of the Family Division is statutorily increased to include all family matters, the name of this Chapter has been changed to reflect the true nature of the Family Division.