Guam § 5114 - Decrees and Orders of Court.

§ 5114. Decrees and Orders of Court.

When a child is found by the court to have committed any

acts specified by § 5103(a) or is found to be in a condition

specified in § 5103(a) of this Title, the court shall so decree, and

in its decree shall make a finding of the facts upon which the court

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exercises its jurisdiction over said child. Upon such decree the

court may, by order duly entered, proceed to as follows:

(a) Place the child on probation or under supervision in

his own home or in the custody of a suitable person

elsewhere, upon such conditions as the court shall determine.

Probation shall mean casework services during a continuance

of the case. Probation shall not be ordered or administered as

a punishment, but as a measure for the protection, guidance

and well-being of the child and his family.

(b) Commit the child to the custody or to the

guardianship of a public or private institution or agency

authorized to care for children, including the Department of

Youth Affairs, or to place them in family homes, or under the

guardianship of a suitable person. Such commitment shall be

for a definite period, which may be extended, after motion

and hearing, for compelling cause shown, but in no event

shall continue beyond the child's twenty-first birthday. In

committing a child to a private institution or agency, the court

shall select one that is approved by the Governor of Guam.

(c) The court may cause any child concerning whom a

petition has been filed to be examined or treated by a

physician, psychiatrist or psychologist, and for that purpose

may place a child in a hospital or other suitable facility.

(d) Order such care and treatment as the court may deem

best, except as herein otherwise provided. In support of any

order or decree the court may require the parents or other

persons having the custody of the child, or any other person

who has been found by the court to be encouraging, causing

or contributing to the acts or conditions which bring the child

within the purview of this Chapter, to do or omit to do any

acts required or forbidden by law, when the judge deems such

requirements necessary for the welfare of the child. In case

of failure to comply with such requirement, the court may

proceed against such person for contempt.

(e) The court may dismiss the petition or otherwise

terminate its jurisdiction at any time.

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No adjudication by the court of the status of any child shall

be deemed a conviction, nor shall such adjudication operate to

impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from

conviction, nor shall any child be charged with crime or convicted

in any court except as provided in § 5105 of this Chapter. The

disposition made of a child, or any evidence given in the court,

shall not operate to disqualify the child in any civil service or

military application or appointment.

Whenever the court shall commit a child to any institution or

agency, including the Department of Youth Affairs, it shall

transmit with the order or commitment a summary of its

information concerning the child and such institution or agency or

the Department of Youth Affairs shall give to the court such

information concerning such child as the court at any time

requires.