Haw. Rev. Stat. § 576B-401
Establishment of support order
Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 576B — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act · Status: effective
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- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 576B-401, Establishment of support order, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2428653
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(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(1) The individual seeking the order resides outside this State; or
(2) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this State.
(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that the order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
(1) A presumed parent of the child;
(2) Petitioning to have parentage adjudicated;
(3) Identified as the parent of the child through genetic testing;
(4) An alleged parent who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(5) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the parent of the child;
(6) An acknowledged parent as provided by section 584A-403;
(7) The individual who gave birth to the child; or
(8) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section 576B-305.