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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

7 GCA § 14110: Jurisdiction over Nonresident Defendants in Cases Affecting Parent-Child Relationships.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 7: Judiciary and Civil Procedure
  2. Division 2 - Civil Actions
  3. Chapter 14: Manner of Commencing Civil Actions

In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, the courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's personal representative, although the person is not a resident or domiciliary of this Territory, if:

(a) the child was conceived in Guam and the person on whom service is required is a parent or an alleged or probable father of the child;

(b) the child resides in Guam as a result of the acts or directives or with the approval of the person on whom service is required;

(c) the person on whom service is required has resided with the child in Guam; or

(d) notwithstanding items (a), (b), or (c) of this section, there is any basis consistent with the Organic Act or Constitution of the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

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