Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 35209

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.

§ 35210. Application of Act to Nonresident Subject to Personal
Jurisdiction.

A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this Act, under any other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to § 35316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to § 35317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to § 35318. In all other respects, Articles 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.

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CH. 35 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

§ 35211. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal- Support Order.

(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:

(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or

(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal- support order.

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ARTICLE 3
CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

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