Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 15201

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
In an action for divorce, a complaint must set forth, for the statistics required to be collected by the Office of Vital Statistics, among other matters as near as can be ascertained the following facts:

(a) The state or country in which the parties were married.

(b) The date of marriage. (c) The date of separation.
(d) The number of years from marriage to separation.

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(e) The number of children of the marriage, if any, and if none, a statement of that fact.

(f) The ages of the minor children.

SOURCE: CC § 426a. Director of Finance changed to Office of Vital Statistics by Editor of 1970 Guam Codes to reflect reorganization of the former Department.

2018 NOTE: Susection designations altered pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

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ARTICLE 3
DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT

NOTE: Sections 430, 431, 432, 433 and 434, comprising Part II, Title VI, Chapter III of the Code of Civil Procedure, have been superseded by the Rule 7 of the GRCP. That Rule abolished demurrers and replaced them with Motions.

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ARTICLE 4
ANSWER

NOTE: Sections 437, 438, 439, 440, 441 and 442 comprising all but one section of Part II, Title VI, Chapter IV of the Code of Civil Procedure, have been superseded by Rules 8 and 13 of the GRCP.

§ 15401. Action To Recover Insurance, What Defendant
Claiming Exemption Must Set Up.

In an action to recover upon a contract of insurance wherein the defendant claims exemption from liability upon the ground that, although the proximate cause of the loss was a peril insured against, the loss was remotely caused by or would not have occurred but for a peril excepted in the contract of insurance, the defendant shall in his answer set forth and specify the peril which was the proximate cause of the loss, in what manner the peril excepted contributed to the loss or itself caused the peril insured against, and if he claims that the peril excepted caused the peril insured against, he shall in

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his answer set forth and specify upon what premises or at what place the peril excepted caused the peril insured against.

SOURCE: CCP § 437a.

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ARTICLE 5
DEMURRER TO ANSWER

NOTE: Sections 443 and 444, comprising Part II, Title VI, Chapter V of the Code of Civil Procedure, have been superseded by Rule 7 of the GRCP.

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ARTICLE 6
VERIFICATION OF PLEADINGS

NOTE: CCP § 446, Verification of Pleadings, has been superseded by Rule 11 of the Guam Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 11, itself, does not supersede specific laws requiring verification in specific instances. Thus, the following sections of this Article remain valid law.

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