Registration of Foreign Support Orders

If the duty of support is based upon a foreign support order, the obligee and the Department have the additional remedies provided in the following Subsections:

(a)The obligee or the Department may register the foreign support order in the Superior Court of Guam in the manner, with the effect, and for the purposes herein provided.

(b)The Clerk of the Superior Court shall maintain a Registry of Foreign Support Orders in which he shall file foreign support orders.

(c)An obligee or the Department, when seeking to register a foreign support order in the Superior Court, shall transmit to the Clerk of the Superior Court

(1)three certified copies of the order with all modifications thereof,

(2)one copy of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act of the state in which the order was made,

(3)a statement verified and signed by the obligee or the Department, showing the mailing address of the obligee, the last known place of residence and mailing address of the absent parent, TITLE 5 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 34 CHILD SUPPORT the amount of support remaining unpaid, a description and the location of any property of the absent parent available upon execution, and a list of the states in which the order is registered. Upon receipt of these documents the Clerk of the Superior Court shall file them in the Registry of Foreign Support Orders. The filing constitutes registration under this Act.

(d)Promptly upon registration, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall send by certified or registered mail to the absent parent at the address given a notice of the registration with a copy of the registered support order and the mailing address of the obligee. He shall notify the Attorney General of this action and the Attorney General shall proceed diligently to enforce the order.