19 GCA § 4204

Prerequisite to Petition

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 19 — Personal Relations

Except when a petition is filed by a relative of the child within the second degree either by blood or affinity, no petition for adoption shall be entertained unless prior to the filing of the petition: COL 6/21/2023 CH. 4 PARENT AND CHILD

(a)a decree of termination of the parent-child relationship with respect to each living parent of the child sought to be adopted has been entered; and

(b)the child sought to be adopted has been placed for adoption with the petitioner by the Division.

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Affected by P.L. 13-133 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.