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Restraining Orders

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Laws current as of October 30, 2024

Step 3: Service of process

The Marshals Division of the Superior Court of Guam will serve all orders of protection and show cause orders.1 You or your attorney will have to provide as much information as you can to help them find the abuser.2 The Marshal must let you or your attorney know as soon as possible whether the abuser was served. If they could not serve the abuser, they must explain what they did to attempt service.3 You may then may ask the judge for permission to serve the abuser in a different way, for example, by publishing and mailing a notice instead.4

You cannot be charged a fee by a public agency for service of process.5

You can find more information about service of process in our Preparing for Court – By Yourself section, in the question called What is service of process and how do I accomplish it?

1 POR 5(A)
2 POR 3(A)(3)
3 POR 5(B)
4 POR 5(C)
5 7 Guam Code § 40A104

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