Title 7, Judiciary and Civil Procedure

When a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court, he must be appointed as follows: (a) When the infant is plaintiff, upon the application of the infant, if he be of the age of fourteen (14) years, or if under that age, upon the application of a relative or friend of the infant.…

An unmarried female may prosecute, as plaintiff, an action for her own seduction, and may recover therein such damages, pecuniary or exemplary, as are assessed in her favor. SOURCE: CCP § 374.

A father, or, in case of his death or desertion of his family, the mother, may prosecute as plaintiff for the seduction of the daughter, and the guardian for the seduction of the ward, though the daughter or ward be not living with COL4122017 or in the service of the plaintiff at…

(a) The parents of an unmarried minor child, acting jointly, may maintain an action for injury to such child caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. If either parent shall fail on demand to join as plaintiff in such action or is dead or cannot be found, then the other p…

(a) A public school student shall have a claim and standing to sue the government of Guam and any officer of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam in his official capacity only for the purpose of enjoining such officer from failing to provide an adequate public education…

(a) When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his or her heirs or personal representatives on their behalf may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death, or in case of the death of such wrongdoer against the personal…

Where the plaintiff is in doubt as to the person from whom he is entitled to redress, he may join two or more defendants, with the intent that the question as to which, if any, of the defendants is liable, and to what extent, may be determined between the parties. SOURCE: CCP § 3…

In an action brought by a person out of possession of real property, to determine an adverse claim of an interest or estate therein, the person making such adverse claim and persons in possession may be joined as defendants, and if the judgment be for the plaintiff, he have a wri…

Any two or more persons claiming any estate or interest in lands under a common source of title, whether holding as tenants in common or in severalty, may unite in an action against any person claiming an adverse estate or interest therein, for the purpose of determining such adv…

All persons holding as tenants in common, joint tenants, or coparceners, or any number less than all, may jointly or severally commence or defend any civil action or proceeding for the enforcement or protection of the rights of such party. SOURCE: CCP § 384. NOTE: CCP § 385, Abat…

COL4122017 A defendant, against whom an action is pending upon a contract or for specific personal property, may at any time before answer, upon affidavit that a person not a party to the action makes against him, and without any collusion with him, a demand upon such contract, o…

When two or more persons, associated in any business, transact such business under a common name, whether it comprises the names of such persons or not, the associates may be sued by such common name, the sum- mons in such cases being served on one or more of the associates; and …

COL4122017 Any exemplary damages awarded to a client in a tort suit based on health care or professional services rendered or which should have been rendered by a health professional or health care institution to a patient shall be placed in a special fund that may be expended at…

Any person, who either as a director, officer, or agent of any firm or corporation or as an agent of any person violating the provisions of 9 GCA Chapter 69, 5 GCA Chapter 32, or any other law; knowingly aids or assists, directly or indirectly, in such violation, knowing that the…