Title 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure
51 chapters · 1,044 sections in this title.
7 GCA § 42B101 Actions in the Superior Court
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(a) The Supreme Court of Guam is authorized to establish and promulgate rules and procedures for arbitration for such civil actions, except custody cases in which the authority is separately provided for, as the Supreme Court of Guam finds appropriate in order to encourage the pr…
7 GCA § 42B102 Funding of Court-Referred Arbitration or Other Alternative
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Dispute Resolution Programs. Court-referred arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution programs should be accessible to all parties regardless of financial status and the Judicial Council may adopt and levy fees to implement provisions of this Chapter 42B.
7 GCA § 42B103 Finality of Award; De Novo Trial; Request
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(a) An arbitral award resulting from a Court-referred arbitration shall be final unless a request for a de novo trial is filed within thirty days after the date the arbitrator files the award with the court. (b) Any party may elect to have a de novo trial, by court or jury, as th…
7 GCA § 42B104 Judgment on Trial De Novo Equal to or Less Favorable than
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Arbitration Award for Party Electing; Payment of Nonrefundable Costs and Fee. (a) If the judgment upon the trial de novo is not more favorable in either the amount of damages awarded or the type of relief granted for the party electing the trial de novo than the court-referred ar…
7 GCA § 42B105 Award; Writing, Signature and Filing; Entry in Judgment
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Book; Force and Effect. All arbitration awards resulting from court-referred arbitration shall be in writing, signed by the arbitrator and filed in the court in which the action is pending. Such an award shall conform with the requirements of Section 42A604 of this Chapter 42A. I…
7 GCA § 42B106 Reference to Arbitration Proceedings or Award During
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Trial; Grounds for New Trial. Any reference to the court-referred arbitration proceedings or court- referred arbitration award during any subsequent trial shall constitute grounds for a new trial and/or amendment of judgment for the purposes of Guam Rule of Civil Procedure 59.
7 GCA § 42B107 Application of Chapter to Actions with Public Agency or
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Entity as Party. This Article shall apply to any civil action otherwise within the scope of this Chapter 42B in which a party to the action is a public agency or public entity but shall not waiver the limits on liability of a public agency or public entity otherwise provided by l…
7 GCA § 42B108 Administrative Costs; Compensation of Arbitrators;
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Payment. (a) All costs of court-referred arbitrations conducted pursuant to Section 42B101(a), including the compensation of arbitrators, shall be paid for in equal shares by the parties, unless the Superior Court of Guam determines that the imposition of these costs would create…