Guam § 35605 - Notice of Registration of Order.

§ 35605. Notice of Registration of Order.

(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in

another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering

tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice

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must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the

documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

(1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date

of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of

this state;

(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the

registered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after

notice, unless the registered order is under § 35707;

(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the

registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the

order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and

(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(c) If the registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in

effect, a notice must also:

(1) identify the two (2) or more orders and the order alleged by

the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated

arrears, if any;

(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a

determination of which is the controlling order;

(3) state that the procedures provided in Subsection (b) apply

to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of

the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may

result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for

enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal

shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to the income-withholding

law of this state.