Guam § 35205 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-

§ 35205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-

Support Order.

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order

consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing,

exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the

controlling order and:

(1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification this

state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the

child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or

(2) even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the

individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order

is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the

tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify

its order.

(b) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order

consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing,

exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:

(1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a

record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state

that has jurisdiction over at least one (1) of the parties who is an

individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may

modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or

(2) its order is not the controlling order.

(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order

pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law

substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a

tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing,

exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.

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(d) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive

jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating

tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order

issued in that state.

(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution

of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive

jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.