Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 576D · 19 active provisions
For the purpose of this chapter: "Absent parent" means a parent who is absent from the family, whether or not the parent is a debtor parent. "Agency" means the child support enforcement agency established under section 576D-2. "Child support" means payment for the necessary support and maintenance of a child as require…
There is created the child support enforcement agency for the State as required under Title IV-D. The agency shall be within the department of the attorney general. The child support enforcement agency shall: (1) Be responsible for formulating the state child support enforcement plan as required under Title IV-D; and (…
. (a) The agency shall undertake any legal or administrative action to secure support for a child by enforcing an existing court order or obtaining a court order of support. (b) To carry out its responsibilities imposed under this chapter, the agency, through the offices of the corporation counsel, the county attorneys…
When necessary to obtain child support for a child under section 576D-3, the agency shall take any legal or administrative action to establish the paternity of the child. The agency shall undertake the action on behalf of the State, child, custodial parent of the child, or any other person for whom the agency has a dut…
(a) The agency shall require the payment of a reasonable fee on the application of a person under section 576D-3(b)(3) who is not receiving public assistance for support of the child for assistance in obtaining or enforcing a child support order. The payment and amount of the fee shall be in compliance with applicable…
(a) The agency shall: (1) Establish a state parent locator service for the purpose of locating absent and custodial parents; (2) Cooperate with other states in: (A) Establishing paternity, if necessary; (B) Locating an absent parent who is present in the State and against whom any action is being taken under a Title IV…
(a) The family court, in consultation with the agency, shall establish guidelines to establish the amount of child support when an order for support is sought or being modified under this chapter. The guidelines shall be based on specific descriptive and numeric criteria and result in a computation of the support oblig…
The moneys collected by the agency on behalf of the department of human services shall be transmitted to the department of human services as required by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
If one or more political subdivisions of the State participate in the costs of carrying out the child support enforcement activities during any particular period, each such subdivision shall be entitled to receive an appropriate share of any federal incentive payments made to the State for such period. The exact amount…
(a) The agency shall collect and disburse child support payments when an order requires the collection and disbursal. In the event of any default by the obligor, upon notification of the default by the custodial parent, the agency shall proceed against the obligor for the arrearage and the agency shall have jurisdictio…
. (a) Whenever any obligor through judicial or administrative process in this State or any other state has been ordered to pay an allowance for the support, maintenance, or education of a child, or for the support and maintenance of a spouse or former spouse in conjunction with child support, and the obligor becomes de…
The attorney general shall appoint, without regard to chapter 76: (1) An administrator; (2) An assistant administrator who shall serve as controller and whose duties shall include but not be limited to designing and implementing controls over all financial management systems, including electronic data processing system…
(a) The agency shall develop procedures for obtaining verifiable information regarding the criminal history of any person, including any contractor, who is employed, seeking employment with, or provides or seeks to provide services to the agency if this person will require access to federal tax information. These proce…
(a) The agency and its agents shall keep records that may be necessary or proper in accordance with this chapter. All applications and records concerning any individual or case shall be confidential. The use or disclosure of information concerning any individual or case shall be limited to: (1) Persons duly authorized…
(a) Upon a determination that an obligor is not in compliance with an order of support as defined in section 576D-1 or that an individual failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding, and that the obligor or individual is the holder of or an applicant for a license iss…
(a) For cases being enforced under the Title IV-D state plan or for those parents applying to the agency for services, the income of an obligor who receives income on a periodic basis and who has a support obligation imposed by a support order issued or modified in the State before January 1, 1994, and issued or modifi…
(a) The agency may enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in the State to develop and operate a data match system for the purposes of support enforcement, using automated data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible. (b) The financial institution shall provide to the agency, on a quarterly ba…
(a) Beginning October 1, 1998, each employer in the State shall report to the agency within twenty days of hire, the name, address, social security number, and the date services for remuneration were first performed of each new hire along with the name, federal identification number, and address of the employer. Each r…
(a) Unless otherwise provided, any person or entity in the State including for-profit, nonprofit, and labor organizations, and any agency, board, commission, authority, court, or committee of the State or its political subdivisions that knowingly, intentionally, or wilfully violates any section of this chapter or any r…