Hawaii Revised Statutes 576b. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 576b-101 Short Title.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-101 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family...
• 576b-102 Definitions.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-102 Definitions. In this chapter: "Child" means an individual, whether over or under...
• 576b-103 State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-103 State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The family court, the child...
• 576b-104 Remedies Cumulative
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-104 Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do...
• 576b-105 Application of Chapter to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-105 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding....

ARTICLE 2. JURISDICTION

• 576b-201 Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-202 Duration of Personal Jurisdiction.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-203 Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-204 Simultaneous Proceedings.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-205 Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-206 Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-207 Determination of Controlling Child Support Order.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-208 Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-209 Credit for Payments.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-210 Application of Chapter to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...
• 576b-211 Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. Parts I, II, and III headings in this Article deleted by L 2015,...

ARTICLE 3. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

• 576b-301 Proceedings Under This Chapter.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-301 Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,...
• 576b-302 Proceeding by Minor Parent.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-302 Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other...
• 576b-303 Application of Law of State.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-303 Application of law of State. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,...
• 576b-304 Duties of Initiating Tribunal.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-304 Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized...
• 576b-305 Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a responding tribunal of...
• 576b-306 Inappropriate Tribunal.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-306 Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
• 576b-307 Duties of Support Enforcement Agency.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-307 Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) A support enforcement agency of this...
• 576b-308 Duty of Attorney General.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-308 Duty of attorney general. (a) If the attorney general determines that the...
• 576b-309 Private Counsel.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-309 Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
• 576b-310 Duties of Child Support Enforcement Agency As State Information Agency.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-310 Duties of child support enforcement agency as state information agency. (a) The...
• 576b-311 Pleadings and Accompanying Documents.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-311 Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a...
• 576b-312 Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-312 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an...
• 576b-313 Costs and Fees.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-313 Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay...
• 576b-314 Limited Immunity of Petitioner.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-314 Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding...
• 576b-315 Nonparentage As Defense.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-315 Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a child has been...
• 576b-316 Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-316 Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical presence of a...
• 576b-317 Communications Between Tribunals.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-317 Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this State may communicate with a...
• 576b-318 Assistance With Discovery.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-318 Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this State may: (1) Request a...
• 576b-319 Receipt and Disbursement of Payments.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-319 Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal...

ARTICLE 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

• 576b-401 Establishment of Support Order.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-401 Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition...
• 576b-402 Proceeding to Determine Parentage.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-402 Proceeding to determine parentage. (a) A tribunal of this State authorized to...

ARTICLE 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION

• 576b-501 Employer's Receipt of Income Withholding Order of Another State.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-501 Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state. An income withholding...
• 576b-502 Employer's Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-502 Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state. (a) Upon receipt...
• 576b-503 Employer's Compliance With Two or More Income Withholding Orders.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-503 Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders. If an obligor's...
• 576b-504 Immunity From Civil Liability.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-504 Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income withholding...
• 576b-505 Penalties for Noncompliance.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that wilfully fails to comply with an...
• 576b-506 Contest by Obligor.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-506 Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement...
• 576b-507 Administrative Enforcement of Orders.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-507 Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking...

ARTICLE 6. REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND
MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER

• 576b-601 Registration of Order for Enforcement.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. PART I. REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER Note Part heading amended by...
• 576b-602 Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. PART I. REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER Note Part heading amended by...
• 576b-603 Effect of Registration for Enforcement.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. PART I. REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER Note Part heading amended by...
• 576b-604 Choice of Law.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. PART I. REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER Note Part heading amended by...

PART II. CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT

• 576b-605 Notice of Registration of Order.
  Part heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-605 Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income...
• 576b-606 Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order.
  Part heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-606 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. (a) A...
• 576b-607 Contest of Registration or Enforcement.
  Part heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-607 Contest of registration or enforcement. (a) A party contesting the validity or...
• 576b-608 Confirmed Order.
  Part heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-608 Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

PART III. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION
OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE

• 576b-609 Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification.
  Part heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-609 Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. A...
• 576b-610 Effect of Registration for Modification.
  Part heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-610 Effect of registration for modification. A tribunal of this State may enforce...
• 576b-611 Modification of Child Support Order of Another State.
  Part heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-611 Modification of child support order of another state. (a) If section 576B-613...
• 576b-612 Recognition of Order Modified in Another State.
  Part heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-612 Recognition of order modified in another state. If a child support order...
• 576b-613 Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State.
  Part heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-613 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties...
• 576b-614 Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification.
  Part heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-614 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within thirty days after issuance of...

PART IV. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION
OF FOREIGN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER

• 576b-615 Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country.
  Part heading added by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-615 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. (a) Except as...
• 576b-616 Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification.
  Part heading added by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-616 Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification. A...

ARTICLE 7.
SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

• 576b-701 Definitions.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-701 Definitions. As used in this article unless the context otherwise requires: "Application"...
• 576b-702 Applicability.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-702 Applicability. This article applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention....
• 576b-703 Relationship of Support Enforcement Agency to United States Central Authority.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-703 Relationship of support enforcement agency to United States central authority. The support...
• 576b-704 Initiation by Support Enforcement Agency of Support Proceeding Under Convention.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-704 Initiation by support enforcement agency of support proceeding under Convention. (a) In...
• 576b-705 Direct Request.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-705 Direct request. (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
• 576b-706 Registration of Convention Support Order.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-706 Registration of Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this...
• 576b-707 Contest of Registered Convention Support Order.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-707 Contest of registered Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise provided in...
• 576b-708 Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-708 Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise...
• 576b-709 Partial Enforcement.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-709 Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and...
• 576b-710 Foreign Support Agreement.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-710 Foreign support agreement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and...
• 576b-711 Modification of Convention Child Support Order.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-711 Modification of Convention child support order. (a) A tribunal of this State...
• 576b-712 Personal Information; Limit on Use.
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-712 Personal information; limit on use. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this...
• 576b-713 Record in Original Language; English Translation
  Article heading amended by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-713 Record in original language; English translation. A record filed with a tribunal...

ARTICLE 8. INTERSTATE RENDITION

• 576b-801 Grounds for Rendition.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-801 Grounds for rendition. (a) For purposes of this article, "governor" includes an...
• 576b-802 Conditions of Rendition.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-802 Conditions of rendition. (a) Before making a demand that the governor of...

ARTICLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• 576b-901 Uniformity of Application and Construction.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-901 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform act,...
• 576b-902 Transitional Provision.
  Article heading reenacted by L 2015, c 77, pt of §1. §576B-902 Transitional provision. This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after the...

Last modified: October 27, 2016