Guam § 34103 - Power of Child Support Enforcement Office, Employees and Agents.

§ 34103. Power of Child Support Enforcement Office, Employees and Agents.

(a) In implementing programs under Title IV-D, the child support enforcement agency and the

officials, employees and agents of such agency shall have administrative authority to perform the following

functions without necessity of obtaining an order from any other judicial or administrative entity:

(1) to conduct examinations;

(2) to require by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records and

papers;

(3) to compensate witnesses and individuals producing books, records, including records

maintained in automated data bases, and papers in amounts determined by the state agency, not to

exceed actual reasonable costs incurred:

(4) to require genetic testing of appropriate individuals when necessary in disputed paternity

cases, to determine the relationship of parent and child, and;

(A) pay the costs of such testing, subject to recoupment from the alleged father if paternity

is established; and

(B) obtain additional testing in any case if an initial test result is contested, upon request and

advance payment by the contestant;

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(5) make application to the Superior Court of Guam, Hearing Division to compel participation in

genetic testing, the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, records and papers, and the

payment of fiscal sanctions imposed under this Chapter.

(b) Any administrative action against an obligor to secure assets to satisfy child support arrearage and

current support obligation, including but not limited to, intercepting or seizing periodic payments, or

attaching and seizing assets of the obligors property as provided by law, shall in all cases provide for:

(1) written notice to the obligor and to the custodial parent of the action to be taken and the legal

basis for that action;

(2) the opportunity for the obligor to contest the action and to request a hearing on the matter; and

(3) the opportunity for the obligor to appeal on the record.

(c) Any hearing or appeal resulting from the administrative action shall be to the Judicial Hearings

Division of the Superior Court of Guam.