Title 19, Personal Relations

In executing the five (5) preceding Sections, the court must resort: (a) to the community property, then, (b) to the separate property of the spouse required to make payment. SOURCE: CC § 141 as amended by P.L. 15-113:5 (Mar. 20, 1980). NOTE: § 142 CC was repealed by P.L. 15-113:…

The community property and the separate property may be subjected to the support and education of the children in such proportions as the court deems just. SOURCE: CC § 143. NOTE: § 143.1 CC was repealed by P.L. 18-017:4 (Oct. 5, 1985).

When a dissolution of marriage is granted for the adultery of the husband, the legitimacy of the children of the marriage begotten of the wife before the commencement of the action is not affected. SOURCE: CC § 144. 2026 NOTE: Pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606, title of t…

When a dissolution of marriage is granted for the adultery of the wife, the legitimacy of children begotten of her before the commission of the adultery is not affected; but the legitimacy of other children of the wife may be determined by the court, upon the evidence in the case…

In case of the dissolution of marriage by the decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, the community property, and the homestead, shall be assigned as follows: (a) If the decree be rendered on the ground of adultery or extreme cruelty, the community property shall be assigned…

The court, in rendering a decree of dissolution of marriage, must make such order for the disposition of the community property, as in this Chapter provided, and, whenever necessary for that purpose, may order a partition or sale of the property and a division or other dispositio…

(a) If the property subject to division under § 8412 of this Title includes real property situated in another jurisdiction, the Superior Court shall, if possible, divide the property in such a manner that it is not necessary to change the state of the title to the real property s…

The disposition of the community property and of the homestead, as above provided, is subject to revision on appeal in all particulars including those which are stated to be in the discretion of the court. SOURCE: CC § 148.

The Clerk of the Superior Court shall transmit on or before the 10th day of each month to the Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Public Health and Social Services, a certified abstract of all decrees of divorces and annulments of marriages recorded by him during the preced…

At the request of a party requesting his/her own name changed in a divorce proceeding, the court shall, in the Final Decree of Divorce, restore that party to the surname he or she had before marriage. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 29-037:2 (Oct. 25, 2007). ---------- COL 2026-08-11