{"data":{"id":"us-gu/5-gca-35401","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"5 GCA § 35401","heading":"Establishment of Support Order.","body":"(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:\n(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or\n(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.\n(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:\n(1) a presumed father of the child;\n(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;\n(7) the mother of the child; or\n(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\n(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.","path":["Title 5: Government Operations","Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs","Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","ARTICLE 4: ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE"],"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":"780aee137b0fd429c92e7e687b595df62ac07f82b9c243eb126b272db4b9ac16","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/5-gca-35319","next":"us-gu/5-gca-35402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}