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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 576B-401

Establishment of support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 576B-101 to 576B-902 (77 sections).

L 1997, c 295, pt of §1; am L 2015, c 77, pt of §1; am L 2025, c 298, §19

(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.

Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.