Initiation of Wage Assignments and Cooperation with Other Jurisdictions

On behalf of any client for whom the Department is already providing services, or on application of a resident of Guam, or on behalf of the Department if the obligee has assigned support rights, the Department shall promptly request the agency of another jurisdiction in which the obligor of a support order derives income to enter that order for the purpose of obtaining income withholding against such income. The Department shall compile and transmit promptly to the agency of the other jurisdiction all documentation required there to enter a support order for this purpose. The Department shall also transmit immediately to the agency of the other jurisdiction a certified copy of any subsequent modifications of the support order. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 18-017:35 (Oct. 5, 1985).