Statutes: Guam

If a child residing on Guam is disabled before the age of eighteen (18), the court may, at any time before the child reaches the age of twenty-one (21) years, find that both parents (or the surviving parent if one is deceased) have a mutual obligation to support the child beyond the age of majority, and based upon such findings, order either or both of the parents to pay continuing child support for the benefit of such child directly to the child or his guardian, as is appropriate. Such support may be modified in the same manner as child support may be terminated if no longer needed, shall continue for as long as the child is disabled and requires support, and shall be treated as child support for purposes of this Title. Such support may be enforced by the child, the child’s guardian, either parent, or the Attorney General.

The parents may in an acknowledged writing or stipulated court order agree that they have a mutual obligation to provide educational assistance to a minor child after the age of majority, and may agree that support shall continue for a child after the age of eighteen (18) for a time certain for purposes of educational assistance. In any case where the parties stipulate that one or both of the parties have a continuing obligation for the child’s education, with the amount of support subject to modification as to the amount according to child support guidelines and the demonstrated needs of the child, the agreement may be enforced by the Attorney General, either parent, or the child if over the age of eighteen (18). In such cases, said support shall be treated as child support for purposes of the Title, except that such support shall be paid directly to the child after the age of eighteen (18).”