Title 19 — Personal Relations

Every minor of the age of fourteen (14) years or upwards, may be bound by indenture as an apprentice to any mechanical trade or art or the occupation of farming to the age of eighteen (18) years, if a female, or to the age of twenty-six (26) years, if a male. SOURCE: '264 CC.

A minor, with his consent, may be bound by his father, or, in case of his death or incompetency, or where he has willfully abandoned his family for one (1) year without making suitable provisions for their support, or is habitually intemperate in the use of intoxicants, or is a v…

COL120106 Every indenture of apprenticeship must be executed in duplicate, must state the age of the minor, and, except as hereinafter provided, must show that he consented thereto, must be signed by him and the person binding and the master, and when made with the approval of th…

Facts of incapacity, desertion, habitual intemperance, and vagrancy must be decided in said court, before the indenture can take effect, and an endorsement on the indenture, under seal of the court, that the charge or charges are proved, is sufficient evidence of the mother's pow…

When a minor is poor, homeless, chargeable to the Territory, or an outcast who has no visible means of obtaining an honest livelihood, the Superior Court may, with his consent, bind him as an apprentice during his minority. Proceedings therefor may be instituted by any citizen, a…

A master must not remove his apprentice out of the Territory, and must pay and deliver to him the money, clothes, and other property to which he is entitled under the indenture of apprenticeship, to be held by him as his sole property. SOURCE: '269 CC.

Parents and guardians and such court must, from time to time inquire into the treatment of children bound by them respectively, or with their approval, and the judges of such courts are responsible for the charge of apprentices bound by a court, or with its approval, and must def…

The Superior Court must hear the complaints of apprentices, who reside within Guam, against their masters, alleging undeserved or immoder- ate correction, insufficient allowance of food, raiment, or lodging, want of instruction in the different branches of their trade or calling,…

The Superior Court has power, where circumstances require it, to discharge an apprentice from his apprenticeship, and, in case any money or other thing has been paid or contracted to be paid by either party in relationship to the apprenticeship, the court must make such order con…

Every master is liable to an action on the indenture for a breach of any covenant thereof on his part. All damages recovered in such action, after COL120106 deducting necessary charges in its prosecution, belong to the minor, and must be applied and appropriated to his use by the…

An apprentice who is guilty of any gross misbehavior, or refusal to do his duty, or willful neglect thereof, is liable to the complaint of his master in the Superior Court. Such complaint must set forth the circumstances of the case, and have attached thereto a citation, signed b…

It is unlawful for any person to entice, counsel, or persuade to run away, any apprentice, or to harbor, or conceal him knowing him to be a runaway. Any party so offending is guilty of a violation, and may be fined not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), to be recovered by t…

COL120106 Whenever any master wishes to remove out of Guam, or to quit his trade or business, he must appear with his apprentice before the Superior Court, and if the court is satisfied that the master has done justice to the apprentice for the time he has had charge of him, the …