(a) Effective January 1, 2008, interest shall accrue at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum on a non-custodial parent’s unpaid balance as of the last day of the previous month. Said balance shall be the arrearage shown on the records at the Office of the Attorney General unless the arrearage is corrected by the court. Payments on arrearages shall be applied to interest first, then to principal.

(b) When a support order fails to state the date upon which support payments are to commence, the payments shall commence on the first day of the month next following the effective date of the order, and, if payments are monthly, on the first day of each month thereafter.

(c) Unless an order of the court specifies some other effective date, the effective date of an order of support shall be the date that the court makes a ruling from the bench if the court makes an oral order at a hearing, or the date the order is entered whichever is earlier. If a support order is based on a stipulation of the parties, the effective date shall be the date the stipulation is first filed or presented to the court, either orally or in writing, unless the stipulation as approved contains some other effective date.

(d) Unless a support order provides for specific due dates, monthly support payments shall be due and payable on the first day of every month. If support is by order to be paid on a date certain, it shall become delinquent if not paid on or before that date. If a due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal Guam holiday, the payment shall become due on the regular business day next following.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 18-017:10 (Oct. 5, 1985); Repealed and reenacted by
P.L. 20-170:8 (May 15, 1990). Subsection (a) repealed and reenacted by P.L. 24-
116:8; amended by P.L. 29-019:VI:57 (Sept. 29, 2007).