Title 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure

(a) Each Justice of the Supreme Court shall hold office for a term ending the 31st day of January following the first general election held after the expiration of ten (10) years since his or her appointment or election to office. COL 2025-08-27 (b) Each Judge of the Superior Cou…

Whenever a declaration of candidacy for election to succeed himself or herself is filed by any Justice or Judge under the provisions of this Chapter, the Election Commission shall, not less than thirty (30) days before the election, certify the name of said Justice or Judge and t…

(a) In addition to the requirements of § 6104 and § 6105 of this Chapter, the standards of conduct prescribed by the American Bar Association’s Canon of Judicial Ethics shall apply to and govern the conduct of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Guam and the Judges of the Superi…

No Justice or Judge of any court shall directly or indirectly make any contribution to or hold any office in any political party or organization, or take part in any political campaign. 1985 SOURCE: CCP § 99 as amended by P.L. 11-95.

(a) Any Judge shall disqualify himself or herself in any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned, but if, following complete disclosure to all parties in the proceeding of the reasons for disqualification, all parties agree to having the Judge c…

Whenever a Justice or Judge shall have knowledge of any fact or facts which, under the provisions of § 6105 of this Chapter, disqualify him or her to sit or act as such in any action or proceeding pending before him or her, it shall be his or her duty to declare the same in open …

(a) Whenever a Justice or Judge who shall be disqualified under the provisions of this Chapter to sit or act as such in any action or proceeding pending before him or her neglects or fails to declare his or her disqualification in the manner provided by this Chapter, any party to…

(a) When there is no Judge qualified or available to hear a cause, action or hearing in the Superior Court, the Presiding Judge shall request the Chief Justice to appoint a Judge pro tempore to hear the matter. Such Judge pro tempore shall meet the same qualifications as a regula…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: Added by P.L. 21-147:2 (Jan. 14, 1993). Repealed by P.L. 24-139:41 (Feb. 21, 1998)(But see Court Decisions annotation below). Repealed by P.L. 27-031:19 (Oct. 31, 2002). COURT DECISIONS: Pangelinan v. Gutierrez, 2000 Guam 11 ¶ 8 (“We find that Bill 495 [design…

No full-time Justice, Judge, (except Judges appointed pro tempore), clerk of court, deputy, assistant or other officer of a court shall practice law in any court of Guam during his or her continuance in office nor be in partnership with a practicing attorney. This section shall a…

(a) All Judges in office on or before May 1, 1993 shall make an election as required in § 6114 in order to bring himself or herself within the purview of the Retirement Fund. COL 2025-08-27 (b) All Judges taking office after May 1, 1993 through September 30, 1995 shall be eligibl…

Any Judge holding office at the time of enactment of this Act who resigns after serving at least twenty (20) years, continuously or otherwise, as a Judge, or after attaining the age of sixty-five (65) and after serving at least fifteen (15) years, continuously or otherwise, as a …

(a) Any Judge holding office at the time of enactment of this Act, who is removed by I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi upon the sole ground of mental or physical disability or who fails reappointment, shall be entitled, upon relinquishing the office, if his or her judicial services aggregate…

(a) Any judge or justice in office on or before May 1, 1993 may, by written election filed with the Government of Guam Retirement Fund (Fund) within six (6) months after the enactment of this Section, bring himself within the purview of the Fund. No judge not in office on the dat…

(a) Any retired Judge or Justice may be designated and assigned by the Chief Justice to perform such judicial duties in the Courts of Guam as he or she is willing to undertake, except that retired Judges shall only perform such duties in the Superior Court of Guam. (b) No retired…

(a) A Judge or Justice shall discharge, during the period of his or her designation and assignment, all judicial duties for which he or she is designated and assigned. He or she may be required to perform any duty which might be required of the court to which he or she is designa…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any Judge holding office at the date of enactment of this Act shall be permitted upon retirement from active duty to elect whether he or she wishes to be covered by § 6114 of this Chapter if otherwise qualified; or wheth…