{"data":{"id":"us-gu/5-gca-35307","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"5 GCA § 35307","heading":"Duties of Support Enforcement Agency.","body":"(a) In a proceeding under this Act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:\n(1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;\n(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in § 35102(5)(A) or (D); and\n(3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;\n(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n(4) within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(5) within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(2) if two (2) or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue, or request a tribunal of this state to issue, a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to § 35319.\n(f) This Act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["Title 5: Government Operations","Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs","Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","ARTICLE 3: CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/5gc035.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:21:08Z","sha256":"bc808b3d6607977d3fb39d2e23d66a0088325e42c0b19bdbcc1a991bedfcd364","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/5-gca-35306","next":"us-gu/5-gca-35308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}