(a) Absent parent means any person who is responsible for the support of a child, who is absent from the household whether such person’s location is known or unknown, and who fails to provide for the support of such child.

(b) Department means the Department of Law, unless other- wise expressly provided or unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(c) Dependent child means a person who has not reached the age of majority or who is eligible for assistance to dependent children.

(d) Public assistance or assistance means any money payments made by the Department which are paid to or for the benefit of any dependent child.

(e) Child Support Enforcement Agency means the Department of Law, Family Division.

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(f) Attorney General means the Attorney General of Guam or that persons designee within the Department of Law, Family Division.

SOURCE: GC § 9120.50. Added by P.L. 16-010 (May 22, 1987); Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 20-170:4 (May 15, 1990). Subsection (5) added by P.L. 24-
129:10 (Feb. 16, 1998). Subsection (6) added by P.L. 26-148:29 (Sept. 27, 2002).

2011 NOTE: In maintaining the general codification scheme of the GCA the Compiler changed the hierarchy of subsections beginning with “”Numbers”” to “”Lowercase Letters”” in this chapter.