Hawaii Revised Statutes 576e. Administrative Process for Child Support Enforcement

• 576e-1 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Administrative order" means the order resulting from an administrative adjudication by a hearings officer or...
• 576e-2 Attorney General; Powers.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the attorney general, through the agency and the office, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the court in all...
• 576e-3 Jurisdiction.
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the attorney general, through the agency and the office, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the court over:...
• 576e-4 Service.
  (a) In any proceeding to establish a child support order, in cases where the agency is not yet enforcing an order of support for...
• 576e-5 Commencement of Administrative Proceedings; Notice.
  The agency shall serve a notice of administrative proceedings and notice of financial responsibility upon the parties prior to the issuance of an order...
• 576e-6 Request for Hearing; How Made.
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any party who is aggrieved by the proposed order of the agency may, within ten days of...
• 576e-7 Failure to Request Hearing; Effect.
  If the parties fail to request a hearing pursuant to section 576E-6, the agency or a hearings officer shall sign the proposed order as...
• 576e-8 Action by Agency Upon Request for Hearing.
  Upon receipt of a hearing request, the agency may contact the parties and attempt to reach an agreed disposition. If no agreed disposition can...
• 576e-9 Hearings in Contested Cases.
  Hearings in contested cases shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter, and when otherwise applicable, chapter 91, and shall be presided over by...
• 576e-10 Hearings Officers.
  (a) The attorney general shall establish the office of child support hearings, and shall appoint and commission, without regard to chapter 76, such hearings...
• 576e-11 Administrative Orders; Required Findings.
  Every order entered pursuant to this chapter shall specify, where applicable, the following: (1) The amount of periodic support to be paid by a...
• 576e-12 Administrative Orders; Force and Effect.
  (a) A true copy of the administrative order, along with a true copy of the return of service, shall be filed in the office...
• 576e-13 Appeal to the Family Court.
  (a) Any party, including the agency, who is aggrieved by a final decision and order in a contested case or by a preliminary ruling...
• 576e-14 Modification, Suspension, or Termination of Court and Administrative Orders.
  (a) The responsible parent, the agency, or the person having custody of the dependent child may file a request for suspension, termination, or modification...
• 576e-15 Guidelines to Be Followed.
  When an administrative order establishes or modifies the amount of child support required to be paid by a party, the guidelines established under section...
• 576e-16 Income Withholding.
  (a) Whenever an administrative order is entered establishing, modifying, or enforcing support, or establishing an arrearage that has accrued under a previous judicial or...
• 576e-16.5 Repealed.
  L 1997, c 293, §47.
• 576e-17 Medical Support Enforcement.
  (a) Where the responsible parent is ordered to provide medical insurance coverage for the dependent child, the standard notice for such medical support prescribed by...
• 576e-18 Contempt; Procedure for Punishment.
  In any hearing in a contested case before a hearings officer, any adult who wilfully violates, neglects, or refuses to obey or perform any...
• 576e-19 Wilful Violations; Penalties.
  Unless otherwise provided herein, any person who knowingly, intentionally or wilfully violates any section of this chapter shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor....
• 576e-20 Uniform Statewide Procedures.
  The agency shall adopt uniform statewide procedures in compliance with applicable federal law, including part 305 of Title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. [L...

Last modified: October 27, 2016