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19 GCA § 6112

Written Contracts Between Spouses

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 19 — Personal Relations
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(a)All contracts between husband and wife of which the subject matter is their separate or community property must be in writing and executed and acknowledged or approved in like manner as a grant of land is required to be executed and acknowledged or approved.

(b)A minor married person may enter a contract with his spouse with the same force and effect as if the minor spouse had attained his majority at the time of execution of the contract.

(c)The recording or non-recording of such contract has a like effect as the recording or non-recording of a grant of real property.

§ The story of this section

  1. Affected by P.L. 15-113 § 2 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2015 Guam 12Richard T. Damian, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua Camacho Damian, and Department of Land Management, Government of Guam, (2015) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶29

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