Terms Used In 19 Guam Code Ann. § 8412

  • 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.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
The court, in rendering a decree of dissolution of marriage, must make such order for the disposition of the community property, as in this Chapter provided, and, whenever necessary for that purpose, may order a partition or sale of the property and a division or other disposition of the proceeds.

SOURCE: CC § 147.

§ 8413. Division of Real Property Situated in Another
Jurisdiction.

(a) If the property subject to division under § 8412 of this Title includes real property situated in another jurisdiction, the Superior Court shall, if possible, divide the property in such a manner that it is not necessary to change the state of the title to the real property situated outside Guam.

(b) If it is not possible to divide the property in the manner directed in Subsection (a) of this Section, the court may require

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19 Guam Code Ann. PERSONAL RELATIONS
CH. 8 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

either or both parties to execute such conveyances and take such other actions with respect to the real property situated outside Guam, and make such other orders or awards, as are necessary to divide the property between the parties in accordance with law.

SOURCE: Enacted as § 147.1 CC by P.L. 15-113:6 (Mar. 20, 1980).

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