Guam § 35401 - Establishment of Support Order.

§ 35401. Establishment of Support Order.

(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.

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(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.