Guam § 5102 - Definitions.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 5102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5102. Definitions.
When used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise
required:
(a) Court means the Family Division of the Superior
Court.
(b) Judge means a judge of the Superior Court sitting,
either permanently or temporarily, as judge of the Family
Division.
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(c) Adult means a person eighteen (18) years of age or
older.
(d) For the purposes of § 5103(a)(4) only, a child or
minor means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age on
the date legal proceedings are first commenced against him.
For all other purposes, a child or minor is a person who is
less than eighteen (18) years of age.
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