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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 576B-613

Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State

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

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(b) A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, this article, and the procedural and substantive law of this State to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 shall not apply.

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