7 Guam Code Ann. § 39105
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- 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.
) The Superior Court of Guam shall treat a foreign country as if it were a State of the United States for the purpose of applying Articles 1 and
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(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a child-custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this Act must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.
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7 Guam Code Ann. CIVIL PROCEDURE
CH. 39 UNIFORM CHILD-CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
(c) The Superior Court of Guam need not apply this Act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.