Guam § 5125 - Appeals.

§ 5125. Appeals.

(a) Any interested party aggrieved by order or decree of the

Family Division may appeal said order or decree to Supreme

Court of Guam.

The pendency of appeal shall not suspend the order of the

Family Division regarding a child nor shall it discharge the child

from custody of that court or of the person, institution, or agency,

including the Department of Youth Affairs, into whose care such

child shall have been committed.

If the Supreme Court does not dismiss the proceedings and

discharge the child, it shall affirm or modify the order of the

Family Division and remand the child to the jurisdiction of that

court for supervision and care, and thereafter the child shall be and

remain under the jurisdiction of the Family Division or of the

institution to which he has been committed in the same manner as

if no appeal had been taken.

(b) A child may appeal from a decision of the Family

Division to certify him as an adult, but such appeal may be taken

only if the child is convicted of the underlying offense. The

Government may not appeal from a decision of the Family

Division not to certify the child. If the decision to certify the child

is upheld, any remand shall be deemed to be a remand to the court

which had jurisdiction over such child at the time the appeal was

taken.