Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 35401

  • 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.
(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this Act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:

(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state;
or

(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is
located outside this state.

COL1242015
5 Guam Code Ann. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
CH. 35 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:

(1) a presumed father of the child;

(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic
testing;

(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable state
law;

(7) the mother of the child; or

(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in
a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to § 35305.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 35 Contents