5 GCA § 34121
Vacation or Modification of Orders
View official PDF ↗The provisions of any order respecting maintenance or support may be modified only as to installments accruing subsequent to the motion for modification and only upon a showing of a substantial and material change of circumstances. Furthermore, any order directing payment of money for support or maintenance of the spouse or the minor child or children shall not be suspended nor the execution of the order stayed pending an appeal. The Superior Court of Guam shall have authority to modify any order, award, stipulation, or agreement as to child support (whether or not merged or integrated into a decree of divorce or separation) upon a showing of substantial and material change of circumstances. Inability to provide support or need for increased support because of unreasonable obligations voluntarily incurred shall not constitute a showing of substantial and material change of circumstances.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 18-17 § 18 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 26-148 § 12 — introduced as Bill 214-26
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2002 Guam 17 — Doris Leon Guerrero vs. Douglas B. Moylan (2002) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J. · cited at ¶4
- 2002 Guam 18 — Doris Leon Guerrero vs. Douglas B. Moylan (2002) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J. · cited at ¶5
- 2003 Guam 14 — Michael J. Lanser, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Susan R. Lanser, Defendant-Appellee (2003) · per Benjamin J.F. Cruz, J. · cited at ¶8
- 2003 Guam 8 — Nelson Rodriguez vs. Ramonita Rodriguez (2003) · per Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, J. · cited at ¶7
- 2023 Guam 17 — Rodrick M. Wilson, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jennifer J.V. Wilson, Defendant-Appellee and The Office of the Attorney G (2023) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · cited at ¶1
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.