{"data":{"id":"us-gu/5-gca-34201","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"5 GCA § 34201","heading":"Purposes.","body":"I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds and declares that child support is a basic legal right of Guam’s parents and children, that mothers and fathers have a legal obligation to provide financial support for their children and that child support payments can have a substantial impact on child poverty and local welfare expenditures. It is therefore I Liheslatura’s intent to encourage payment of child support to decrease overall costs to Guam taxpayers while increasing the amount of financial support collected for Guam’s children.","path":["Title 5: Government Operations","Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs","Chapter 34: Child Support","ARTICLE 2: ACTION AGAINST LICENSES FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/5gc034.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:20:58Z","sha256":"da47613068bc7afb077fd6746fcc456c7deb93e5a5596ec503ad02e5e4b1665b","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/5-gca-34158","next":"us-gu/5-gca-34202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}