Direct Request. — Guam Code § 35705

§ 35705. Direct Request.

(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or

modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child.

In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and

enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding,

§§ 35706 through 35713 apply.

(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a

Convention support order or foreign support agreement:

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(1) a security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the

payment of costs and expenses; and

(2) an obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has

benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to

the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the

laws of this state under the same circumstances.

(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance

from the Child Support Enforcement Division.

(e) This Article does not prevent the application of laws of this state

that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request

for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign

support agreement.