My feet first touched the Island of Guam at 2:00 a.m. on Aug. 21, 1992 after a 20-hour flight. I had secured the position of Assistant Attorney General
for the Territory of Guam (hereinafter AG).

I don't know how I got the job.

1.02 The Task

My primary duty, as one of 50 or so AGs, was to enforce child support orders against absent parents (hereinafter "deadbeats"). It is my opinion, based upon what I learned over the next two years, that there are basically two different types of deadbeats and that U.S. child support enforcement offices are not equipped to handle either type or their ad-mixture in Guam or anywhere. I will demonstrate this with the following individual case studies: