Guam § 34202 - Definitions.
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§ 34202. Definitions.
As used in this Article:
(a) “Administrative hearing” means a hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative
Adjudication Law, 5 GCA §§ 9100-9241.
(b) “Compliance with an order of support” means the total of a non-custodial parents overdue and
unpaid court ordered current child support payments for which no payment has been ordered thereon,
or overdue and unpaid court ordered payments on an arrearage, is not greater than three (3) months
accrual from the effective date of this Act or the date of the order pursuant to which payments were to
be made, whichever is later.
(c) “Court order of support” means any judgment or order for the support of dependent children,
or for payments on an arrearage arising out of failure to comply with such judgment or order, issued
by any court of Guam, another territory, or a state, including an order in a final decree of divorce or
judgment or order issued in accordance with an administrative procedure established by state or local
law that affords substantial due process and is subject to judicial or administrative review, as the case
may be.
(d) “Department” means the Department of Law, unless otherwise expressly provided, or unless
the context clearly requires otherwise.
(e) “Hearing officer” means a hearing officer within the meaning of the Administrative
Adjudication Law, 5 GCA §§ 9100-9241.
(f) “Licensing body” means any board, commission, department, division, bureau or officer of
the Island of Guam authorized by law to grant, issue, renew, condition, limit, suspend or revoke an
authority, license, privilege or right to hunt, fish, operate a motor vehicle or engage in a business
occupation, profession or industry.
(g) “Non-compliance with an order of support” means the total of a non-custodial parent’s
overdue and unpaid court ordered current child support payments for which no payment has been
ordered thereon, or overdue and unpaid court ordered payments on an arrearage, is greater than three
(3) months accrual from the effective date of this Act or the date of the order pursuant to which
payments were to be made, whichever is later.
(h) “Non-custodial parent” means any person who is responsible for the support of a child, and
who is absent from the household whether the person’s location is known or unknown.
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