{"data":{"id":"us-gu/19-gca-4220","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"19 GCA § 4220","heading":"Decrees of Other Jurisdictions.","body":"Where an adoption has been judicially decreed by a court in the United States, such decree shall have the same force and effect as to matters within the jurisdiction of Guam as though it had been granted by the court.","path":["Title 19: Personal Relations","Division 1 - Persons \u0026 Personal Relations","Chapter 4: Parent and Child","ARTICLE 2: CHILDREN BY ADOPTION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/19gc004.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T04:02:28Z","sha256":"63d06f648ef8164561bdd8aebc7650564e2bc46a80d9feaa901af91baf35c9ea","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/19-gca-4219","next":"us-gu/19-gca-4221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}