Guam § 35602 - Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.

§ 35602. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 35706, a support order or

income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may

be registered in this state by sending the following records to the

appropriate tribunal in this state:

(1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration

and enforcement;

(2) two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of the

order to be registered, including any modification of the order;

(3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a

certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the

amount of any arrearage;

(4) the name of the obligor and, if known:

(A) the obligor’s address and social security number;

(B) the name and address of the obligor’s employer and

any other source of income of the obligor; and

(C) a description and the location of property of the

obligor in this state not exempt from execution; and

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(5) except as otherwise provided in § 35312, the name and

address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom

support payments are to be remitted.

(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal

shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state

or a foreign support order, together with one (1) copy of the documents

and information, regardless of their form.

(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must

be affirmatively sought under other laws of this state may be filed at the

same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must

specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

(d) If two (2) or more orders are in effect, the person requesting

registration shall:

(1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order

asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in

this Section;

(2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if

any; and

(3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.

(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order

may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement

or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration

shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be

affected by the determination.