{"data":{"id":"us-gu/7-gca-14110","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"7 GCA § 14110","heading":"Jurisdiction over Nonresident Defendants in Cases Affecting Parent-Child Relationships.","body":"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:\n(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;\n(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;\n(c) the person on whom service is required has resided with the child in Guam; or\n(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.","path":["Title 7: Judiciary and Civil Procedure","Division 2 - Civil Actions","Chapter 14: Manner of Commencing Civil Actions"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/7gc014.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:32:58Z","sha256":"f0dbaee8143d8c76a6fcd57ecdc2e225074d1df4f384b7b313f84b232ba6364b","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/7-gca-14109","next":"us-gu/7-gca-15201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}