Title 19, Personal Relations

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

A guardian is a person appointed to take care of the person or property of another. SOURCE: CC '236.

The person over whom or over whose property a guardian is appointed is called his ward. SOURCE: CC '237.

Guardians are either: (a) General; or (b) Special. SOURCE: CC '238.

COL120106 A general guardian is a guardian of the person or of all the property of the ward within Guam. SOURCE: CC '239.

Every other is a special guardian. SOURCE: CC '240.

A guardian of the person or estate, or of both, of a child born, or likely to be born, may be appointed by will or by deed, to take effect upon the death of the parent appointed: (a) If the child be legitimate, by either parent, with written consent of the other; or by either par…

A guardian of the person or estate, or of both, of an insane or incompetent person may be appointed by will or by deed, to take effect upon the death of the person appointing: (a) If the insane or incompetent person be unmarried, or be a person whose marriage has been annulled or…

In awarding the custody of a minor, or in appointing a general guardian, the court or officer is to be guided by the following considerations: COL120106 (a) By what appears to be for the best interest of the child in respect to its temporal and its mental and moral welfare; and i…

The relation of guardian and ward is confidential, and is subject to the provisions of the Title on trusts. SOURCE: CC '250.

In the management and disposition of the person or property com- mitted to him, a guardian may be regulated and controlled by the court. SOURCE: CC '251.

On the death of one or two or more joint guardians, the power continues to the survivor until a further appointment is made by the court. SOURCE: CC '252. COL120106

A guardian may be removed by the Superior Court for any of the following causes: (a) For abuse of his trust; (b) For continued failure to perform his duties; (c) For incapacity to perform his duties; (d) For gross immorality; (e) For having an interest adverse to the faithful per…

The power of a guardian appointed by a parent is superseded: (a) By his removal, as provided by § 9114; (b) By the solemnized marriage of the ward; or (c) By the ward's attaining majority. SOURCE: CC '254.

The power of a guardian appointed by a court is suspended only: (a) By order of the court; or (b) If the appointment was made solely because of the ward's minority, by his attaining majority; or (c) The guardianship over the person of the ward, by the marriage of the ward. SOURCE…

COL120106 After a ward has come to his majority, he may settle accounts with his guardian, and give him a release, which is valid if obtained fairly and without undue influence. SOURCE: CC '256.

A guardian appointed by a court is not entitled to his discharge until one year after the ward's majority. SOURCE: CC '257. ---------- COL120106 COL120106

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 …

This Chapter may be cited as the Child Labor Law.

This Chapter shall be administered and enforced by the Wage and Hour Commissioner described in Chapter 1 of Title XLII of the Govern- ment Code of Guam, hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed: (a) To apply (1) To the work of a minor in any occupation, which has not been defined as hazardous or detrimental to the life, health, morals, safety or well-being of minors if the work is performed directly for his or her parents or gu…

No minor under the age of sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work until the employer of such minor procures and keeps on file an employment certificate for such minor issued by the Commissioner pursuant to regulations. No such employment certificate shall…

No minor under the age of eighteen (18) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation which has been defined or declared by regulation, federal law or by the Commissioner of Wages and Hours or by the Administrator of Wages and Hours, as hazardous or detrim…

(a) No minor aged sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) shall be employed or permitted to work more than eight (8) hours in any one (1) day or more than COL120106 forty (40) hours per week, nor shall a minor aged sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) be employed on a school night past 10 p.m..…

The Commissioner or his authorized representative shall have access to any building, place, or other premises where minors are employed or permitted to work, and to have access to, including the right to copy from, employment records of the employer. Every employer shall furnish …

The Commissioner may make, subject to the approval of the Governor and promulgation by the Executive Order, regulations for the implementation of this Chapter which may include but shall not be limited to the following: (a) Definitions of occupations that are hazardous or detrime…

Any person, whether a parent, guardian, employer or otherwise, and any firm or corporation, as employer or otherwise, who permits a minor to work in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or by …

In this Chapter, unless the contest otherwise requires: (a) An adult is a person who has attained the age of 18 years. (b) A bank is a bank, trust company, national banking association, savings bank. or industrial bank duly admitted and licensed in Guam to accept the deposits of …

(a) An adult person may, during his lifetime, make a gift of a security, a life insurance policy or annuity contract or money to a person who is a minor on the date of the gift: COL120106 (1) If the subject of the gift is a security in registered form, by registering it in the na…

(a) A gift made in a manner prescribed in this Chapter is irrevocable and conveys to the minor indefeasibly vested legal title to the security, life insurance policy, annuity contract or money given, but no guardian of the minor has any right, power, duty or authority with respec…