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19 GCA § 5129

Construction of this Chapter

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 19 — Personal Relations
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This Chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that each child within the jurisdiction of the court shall receive such care, guidance and control, preferably in his home, as will enhance the child's welfare and be in the best interest of Guam, and then when such child is removed from the control of his parents the court shall secure care as nearly as possible equivalent to that which should have been given to him by them.

§ The story of this section

  1. Affected by P.L. 17-12 § 2 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.