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Guam native Cepeda leaving OAG
After working for four years with the Office of the Attorney General as an assistant attorney general, Barbara P. Cepeda is leaving.
Cepeda confirmed with Saipan Tribune that her last day of office with the OAG’s Child Support Enforcement Division is Feb. 22, 2019.
Cepeda said she will go back to Guam where she will be working with the Micronesian Legal Services Corp. as the directing attorney.
“I just want to spend time with my family back home,” she said.
Leaving the CNMI is bitter-sweet for Cepeda.
She said she is happy because she will have more time with her family in Guam, but at the same time sad because she spends many years serving the people of the CNMI.
Cepeda has always been a public servant though even in Guam, where she worked in the government.
“When I go back after this job, I’m gonna be working for Micronesian Legal Services Corp. and will be helping indigent people,” she said.
After working with the OAG’s Criminal Division as a prosecutor for two years, Cepeda was assigned with the OAG’s Child Support Enforcement Division in January 2017.
Cepeda had over 20 years of service in Guam doing child support cases prior to joining CNMI OAG. Before joining OAG, she was a deputy attorney general with Guam OAG, where she served as head of the Child Support Enforcement Division.
While assigned with the CNMI OAG’s Child Support Enforcement Division, a source said Cepeda revamped the Commonwealth child support rules to collect for children.
CNMI Attorney General Edward E. Manibusan, in his speech during his oath of office for his second term as AG last Monday, disclosed that they pushed legislation to improve their Child Support Enforcement with the passage of the Uniform Interstate Family and Support Act, followed by suspension of licenses for non-compliance with order of support and directory of new hires.
Manibusan said they are about to complete a child support guidelines to assist in the speedy determination and collection of child support for the benefit of the children.
