{"data":{"id":"us-gu/5-gca-35704","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"5 GCA § 35704","heading":"Initiation by Child Support Enforcement Division of Support Proceeding Under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Child Support Enforcement Division of this state shall:\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 35708(b)(2), (4), or (9);\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","path":["Title 5: Government Operations","Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs","Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","ARTICLE 7: SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION"],"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":"d61f48abdac55d03bdd24976df1da366d72e18e4977bde11c8b5f6f5a89253d4","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/5-gca-35703","next":"us-gu/5-gca-35705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}