Guam § 9119 - Collection of Defaulted Payments.

§ 9119. Collection of Defaulted Payments.

In case of default by the employer in the payment of

compensation due under any award of compensation due under

any award of compensation for a period of thirty (30) days after

the compensation is due and payable, the person to whom such

compensation is payable may, within one (1) year after such

default, make application to the Commissioner for a

supplementary order declaring the amount of the default. After

investigation, notice, and hearing, as provided in § 9120, the

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Commissioner shall make a supplementary order, declaring the

amount of the default, which shall be filed in the same manner as

the compensation order. In case the payment in default is an

installment of the award, the Commissioner may, in his

discretion, declare the whole of the award as the amount in

default. The applicant may file a certified copy of such

supplementary order with the clerk of the Superior Court. Such

supplementary order of the Commissioner shall be final, and the

court shall, upon the filing of the copy, enter judgment for the

amount declared in default by the supplementary order, if such

supplementary order is in accordance with law. Review of the

judgment so entered may be had as in civil suits for damages at

common law. Final proceedings to execute the judgement may

be had by writ of execution in the form used by the court in suits

at common law in actions of assumpsit. No fee shall be required

for filing the supplementary order nor for entry of judgment

thereon, and the applicant shall not be liable for costs in a

proceeding for review of the judgment unless the court shall

otherwise direct. The court shall modify such judgment to

conform to any later compensation order upon presentation of a

certified copy thereof to the court.