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Hawaii State Profile |
Updated on 05 Sep 2007
Certified on 08 Dec 2006
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A. General/State-At-A-Glance |
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| A1. What is your State's program administration/operation type (State administered/State operated, State administered/County operated, or a combination)? |
State Administered/State Operated. |
| A2. How many local IV-D offices are in your State (excluding agencies with cooperative agreements)? |
Four offices |
| A3. With what types of agencies do you have cooperative agreements? |
County attorneys offices to provide paternity and some interstate processing. |
| A4. Does your state have statutes setting forth the attorney-client relationship between the state's attorney and the agency only? |
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| A4.1. If so, what is the statutory citation? |
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| A4.2. Did your state have the State's Bar Counsel issue an opinion setting for the attorney-client relationship? |
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| A4.3. If so, please explain. |
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B. UIFSA |
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| B1. What is the enactment date of your State's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)? |
6/21/1997 |
| B2. What is the effective date of your State's Act? |
7/1/1997 |
| B3. What is the statutory citation for your State's Act? |
Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 576B.
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| B4. What version of UIFSA has your state implemented (i.e the 1996 or 2001 version)? |
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| B4.1. If your state has implemented the 2001 version, when was it implemented? |
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| B5. Optional comments regarding your State's UIFSA Act. |
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C. Reciprocity |
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| C1. With what foreign countries does your State reciprocate? |
Australia, Germany and Great Britain. |
| C1.1. Does your state exercise its option to receive FFP for enforcement of spousal-only orders for foreign reciprocating countries? |
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| C1.2. If yes, please explain. |
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| C2. Has your State established reciprocity with any tribal courts? |
No |
| C2.1. If yes, list the tribes and identify services provided, if less than full services. |
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D. Age of Majority |
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| D1. What is the age of majority in your State? |
Eighteen. |
| D2. What is the statutory cite for the age of majority? |
Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 577-1.
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| D3. If not addressed in the order, at what age is child support automatically terminated as a matter of State law? Qualify, if necessary. |
If not addressed in the order, child support is not automatically terminated. An order terminating child support is entered if the child is not entitled to continue to receive child support. |
| D4. Does the date of the order impact what law is applied? |
No |
| D4.1. If so, please explain. |
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| D5. Does child support end if the child leaves the household but does not emancipate? |
Yes |
| D5.1. Optional comments regarding emancipation. |
It depends on the reason for the child leaving the household. |
| D6. Does your State allow support to be paid beyond the age of majority under any circumstances (e.g. the child is handicapped or in college)? |
Yes |
| D6.1. If so, please explain. |
If the child is disabled or attending college on a full time basis. |
| D7. Does your state automatically reduce current support owed for remaining children after one of the children in an order reaches the age of majority or other wise emancipates? |
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| D7.1. If yes, please describe the procedure. |
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E. Statute of Limitations |
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| E1. What is your State's statute of limitations for collection of past due support? |
The 33rd birthday of the child or 10-years after the judgement was entered, whichever is later. |
| E2. What is your State's statute of limitations for paternity establishment? |
Within 3-years after the child reaches the age of majority. |
| E3. Is dormancy revival/renewal possible? |
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| E3.1. Please explain the circumstances when possible, and the length of time possible. |
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F. Support Details |
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| F1. What guideline type or method does your State use to calculate child support (e.g., Shared Income Model, Percentage of Income Model, Melson Formula)? |
Melson Formula. |
| F2. Does your State charge interest on missed arrears? |
No |
| F2.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. |
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| F3. Does your State charge interest on retroactive support? |
No |
| F3.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. |
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| F4. Does your State charge interest on adjudicated arrears? |
No |
| F4.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. |
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| F5. Will your State enforce a medical debt for 50% of the uninsured portion of a medical bill? |
No |
| F5.1. If so, under what circumstances? |
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| F6. Have you elected to recover costs or charge fees in your State Plan? |
No |
| F6.1. If yes, what costs are recovered from/fees charged to the obligee? |
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| F6.2. What costs are recovered from/fees charged to the obligor? |
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| F7. Does your State recover costs on behalf of the initiating State? |
Yes |
| F7.1. Optional comments regarding recovering of initiating State's fees. |
If specifically requested by the initiating State. |
| F8. Please provide a citation for your State's long-arm statute to establish and/or enforce child support. |
Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 576B-201.
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| F9. Does your State establish, enforce, or modify spousal maintenance orders? |
Yes |
| F9.1. If yes, under what circumstances? |
Spousal support orders can be enforced when done in conjunction with the enforcement of child support. |
| F10. Does your State require the initiating State to include information about the new spouse or partner upon a request for establishment or modification (See General Testimony, See AT 05-03)? |
No |
| F10.1. Optional comments regarding required information on spouse or partner. |
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G. Income Withholding |
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| G1. What term(s) does your State use to refer to income withholding (e.g., wage withholding)? |
Income withholding (old orders use the term wage assignment or income assignment). |
| G2. What specific source of income is not subject to withholding? |
Income that federal law precludes the withholding.
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| G3. Does your State have any limits on income withholding in addition to the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) limits? |
No |
| G3.1. If yes, what are those limits? |
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| G4. What is the allowable fee per pay period for processing income withholding payments? |
$2.00 for each payment. |
| G5. After receiving an income withholding order or notice, what is the date by which the employer is required to implement income withholding? |
The first pay period commencing within 7 business days following the receipt of the order for income withholding. |
| G6. What is the date by which an employer must remit amounts withheld from an employee's pay? |
Within 5 working days after the obligor is paid. |
| G7. What are your State's procedures for sanctioning employers for not implementing income withholding? |
If the employer is doing business in this state, the matter is referred for contempt proceedings to be initiated. If the employer is not doing business in this state, UIFSA (two-state) action is initiated. |
| G8. What is the penalty to an employer for failure to remit payments withheld? |
The employer is liable for the full amount of all sums ordered to be withheld, as well as any other penalties that the judge may order in a contempt proceeding. |
| G9. Does your State allow direct income withholding of unemployment insurance benefits across State lines? |
No |
| G9.1. Optional comments regarding direct withholding of UI benefits across State lines. |
All withholding of unemployment benefits is done by the Child Support Enforcement Agency. |
| G10. Does your State allow direct income withholding of workers' compensation benefits across State lines? |
Yes |
| G10.1. Optional comments regarding direct withholding of WC benefits across State lines. |
However, worker's compensation benefits are handled by the individual insurance carriers and there is no single location where the orders can be sent. |
| G11. How does an obligor contest income withholding in your State? |
Upon receiving notice of the income withholding, the obligor can make a written request for an administrative hearing to contest the withholding. |
| G12. When the obligor has more than one claim for child support against his/her income, indicate your State's priority scheme for income withholding orders (e.g., employer should allocate available amount for withholding equally among all orders or prorate available amount across orders). |
If the amounts to be withheld for concurrent income withholding orders exceed wage withholding limits, the amount withheld is allocated so that in no case will the allocation result in a withholding for one of the support obligations not being implemented. The allocation may be based on the proportionate share of the amount of the withholding orders that were served on the employer of the obligor. |
| G12.1. If an employer in your State receives more than one income withholding order for child support from other States, can the employer request your assistance? |
Yes |
| G12.2. If assistance is not available, explain how employers should proceed. Please provide a citation for the State law that governs how they should proceed. |
The employer must immediately inform the agency that submitted the income withholding order of any change that would affect the income withholding order or the disbursement of the amounts required to be withheld. Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 576B-503 and Section 576E-16(b).
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| G13. Does your state require any mandatory deductions, such as union dues, medical insurance premiums, etc., to arrive at net pay from gross pay when calculating disposable income for child support purposes? |
No |
| G14. When does your state require the employer to send notice of an employee's termination? |
Immediately |
| G15. How long should an employer retain the IWO after termination of an employee, in anticipation of reinstating the withholding should the employee be rehired? |
Employer may use their own discretion. |
| G16. Does the State charge any fee to the obligor that the employer is required to withhold and remit to the State? |
No |
| G17. Does your State offer an alternate web-based payment mechanism in addition to paper and EFT/EDI? |
No |
| G18. Can a direct income withholding be sent to any of the following in your State: employer, financial institution (explain what institutions), Bureau of Workers Compensation, or other income payer? |
Employer, Individual Insurance Carriers ( for workers compensation) |
| G19. If there is insufficient income for an employer to withhold for both the total amount of child support and medical support, describe your State's prioritization between child support and medical support. |
There is no state prioritization. |
H. Paternity |
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| H1. When your State enters an order establishing paternity, are issues of custody and visitation also addressed? |
Yes |
| H1.1. If yes, please explain. |
It depends on the court and if those issues are not contested. |
| H2. What is the percentage of probability for genetic testing that creates a rebuttable or conclusive presumption of paternity? |
There is no percentage of paternity that creates a rebuttable presumption. However, if genetic test results do not exclude the possibility of paternity and there is a minimum combined paternity index of five hundred to one, a rebuttable presumption is created. |
| H3. Optional comments regarding paternity acknowledgment conclusive legislation. |
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| H4. What is the effective date of the State law that makes paternity acknowledgments conclusive? |
7/21/1997 |
| H4.1. Were acknowledgments prior to that effective date rebuttable? |
Yes |
| H4.2. Optional comments regarding paternity acknowledgments prior to that date. |
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| H5. Does marriage constitute a rebuttable presumption of paternity? |
Yes |
| H5.1. How is the presumption rebutted? |
By showing of clear and convincing evidence which indicates that the obligor is not the natural father of the subject. |
| H6. If the father's name is on the birth certificate and paternity has not been established by any other means does this mean that paternity is conclusively determined? |
Yes |
| H6.1. If not, briefly explain. |
If the child is born after 07/01/1999. If the child is born prior to 07/01/1999, only a rebuttable presumption is created. |
| H7. Does your State have any other paternity-related presumptions? |
Yes |
| H7.1. If yes, briefly explain. |
If the child is born within three hundred days after the marriage is terminated; after the child's birth, the parties have married and the father has acknowledged paternity or with his consent, he is named as the father on the birth certificate; while the child is a minor, the father receives the child into his home and openly holds himself out to be the natural father. |
| H8. Does your State have a putative fathers' registry? |
No |
| H8.1. If so, what is the name of that entity? |
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| H9. Are there any fees for requesting searches, paternity documents, and data from your State Bureau of Vital Statistics? |
Yes |
| H9.1. Please describe any circumstances under which these fees may be waived. |
If the information is requested by this office. |
| H10. Is common law marriage recognized in your State? |
No |
| H10.1. If yes, briefly describe the standard that defines common law marriage. |
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| H10.2. When did your current common law standard go into effect? |
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| H10.3. If there was a common law standard in effect prior to your current standard, what was that standard and when did it go into effect? |
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| H11. When the custodial parent and/or other witnesses are not able to appear in person for paternity hearings, what methods of testimony are acceptable (e.g., written, videotape, teleconferencing) |
Depends on the discretion of the court. Depositions or telephone conference may be allowed. |
| H12. Please give the cite for your State's long arm statute and list any special provisions. |
Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 584-8.
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| H13. Does your State recover genetic testing costs for other States? |
Yes |
| H13.1. If so, please explain. |
Will recover when specifically requested. |
| H14. Are there any other documents that are required to get the father's name on the birth certificate (e.g. is an acknowledgement of paternity needed)? |
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| H15. What is the effective date of the State law that makes a father's name on the birth certificate a conclusive determination of paternity? |
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| H16. If there is more than one child with the same custodial parent, and the same alleged father, should one set of documents be sent to your state (with a paternity affidavit for each child) or should a separate packet be sent for each child? |
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I. Support Order Establishment |
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| I1. Does your State use an administrative or a judicial process to establish a support obligation? |
Both. |
| I1.1. If your State can establish under both, under what circumstances would the administrative process be used? |
Support is established through administrative process unless the case is a complex case that requires judicial action for IV-D cases, excluding paternity cases. |
| I1.2. Under what circumstances would the judicial process be used? |
For paternity cases and Non IV-D cases, support is established through the judicial process. |
| I1.3. If your State uses an administrative process, provide the statutory citations for your State's administrative procedures. |
Hawaii Revised Statutes ? 576E.
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| I2. In setting support under your State's guidelines, whose income is considered in addition to the NCP (e.g., new spouse's or child's) |
The custodial parent's income is considered. The child's income may be considered if the child is over 18 years of age or if there is an exceptional circumstance which warrants the consideration of such income. |
| I3. What criteria for rebutting your presumptive guidelines have been established in your State? |
The party attempting to rebut the presumption must show that exceptional circumstances exist to warrant a deviation from the guidelines. Examples are extraordinary medical needs of the child or parent, other child support obligations, child support obligation that is greater than 70% of the parent's guidelines calculated net income. |
| I4. Will your State establish support orders for prior periods? |
Yes |
| I4.1. If so, for what prior periods (e.g., birth of the child, date of separation, prenatal expenses, 5 years retroactive)? |
Only allowed as part of a paternity proceeding or in cases where public assistance has been paid for the benefit of the subject child. In paternity cases, support can be ordered back to the birth of the child although the court may limit the liability to that which it determines to be just. For public assistance cases, support would be ordered for the period that financial assistance was paid out. |
| I4.2. What information or documentation does your State require to proceed? |
For paternity cases, any documentation which reflects what reasonable expenses were incurred for the benefit of the child. For public assistance cases, a month-by-month listing of the amount of the financial assistance provided for the benefit of the child. |
| I4.3. Will your State allow a petition for support when the only issue is retroactive support? |
Yes |
| I4.4. If there are limitations upon your State's ability to establish support for prior periods, please specify. |
Only for public assistance cases where the amount would be owed to the state. Also, may be done for cases where paternity is at issue and the child is still a minor. In this situation, it would be at the discretion of the court. |
| I5. What actions can your State perform using the administrative process? Does your State use an administrative process for paternity, establishment, modification and the enforcement of child support? |
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| I6. What is your State's statutory authority for the administrative process? |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| I7. Is there a local State law that allows the interstate administrative subpoena? |
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| I8. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support for that child when public assistance is being expended? |
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| I9. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support for that child when public assistance is/or is not being expended? |
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| I10. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before enforcing an order for support that was issued as the biological parents as the parties for non public assistance cases? |
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| I11. When your state has issued an order that reserves support, and now child support should be ordered, should the other state request an establishment or a modification action? |
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J. Support Enforcement |
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| J1. Indicate whether your state has the following enforcement remedies available. Also indicate what procedures are available (i.e, judicial, administrative, or both? |
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| J1.1. Are your State income tax refund procedures judicial, administrative, or both? |
Administrative procedures. |
| J2. Is the lien process in your State judicial, administrative or both? |
Both |
| J2.1. What are the trigger criteria for filing a lien? |
Any arrearage |
| J2.2. Where is your State liens filed? |
Central State Filing Location: Bureau of Conveyances |
| J2.3. Does your State charge a fee for filing a lien? |
Yes |
| J2.4. If so, please indicate the amount. |
$25 for private and out of state requests |
| J.3. Does your State enforce property seizure and sale? |
Yes |
| J3.1. Are the property seizure and sale procedures judicial, administrative, or both? |
Judicial procedures. |
| J4. Are the MSFIDM Freeze and Seize procedures in your State judicial, administrative, or both? |
Notice of levy is administrative, enforcement and seiure are judicial |
| J4.1. When must a non-custodial parent (NCP) receive notice that a MSFIDM Freeze and Seize action is an enforcement remedy and may be used by the State to collect deliquent child support? |
When case is established |
| J4.2. Does your State's income withholding definition include amounts in financial institutions? |
No |
| J4.3. Does a new notice have to be sent when intent to Freeze and Seize is sent? |
No |
| J4.3.1 If so, who notifies the NCP, the State or Financial Institution? |
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| J5. What are the time frames if a new notice of intent to Freeze and Seize must be sent? |
N/A |
| J5.1. What are the criteria that must be met to deem an obligor eligible for Freeze and Seize action in your state? |
$5,000 minimum delinquency. No specified number of months delinquent. |
| J5.2. What is the minimum dollar amount that the obligor must be delinquent prior to becoming eligible for asset seizure? |
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| J5.3. Is there a specified amount of time for the obligor to be delinquent prior to proceeding with Freeze and Seize? |
None. Acount is frozen pending further court order. |
| J5.3. 1. If yes, please provide the time frame. |
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| J5.4. Are only a certain percentage of the obligor's financial assets eligible for Freeze and Seize? |
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| J5.4.1. If yes, please provide the percentage. |
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| J5.4.2 . Is the percentage different for joint accounts? |
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| J5.4.3. If yes, please provide the amount. |
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| J5.5. Does your state require that a minimum amount of money must be in a financial account for the funds to be eligible for Freeze and Seize action? If so please provide the amount. |
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| J5.6. Who is responsible for applying the minimum amount, your State or the Financial Institution? |
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| J5.7. How long does the obligor and/or account holders have to contact your State child support enforcement and/or court to challenge the Freeze and Seize action? |
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| J5.8. If State law and/or policy allows for a second contest to Freeze and Seize action, how long does the obligor and/or joint account holder have to contact your state child support agency or court to challenge the Freeze and Seize action? |
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| J5.9. On what basis can an obligor and/or other account holder challenge/contest a freeze and seize action? |
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| J5.10. Is your State's complaint review process judicial, administrative or both? |
Administrative prior to notice of levy being issued. Judicial upon actual seizure. |
| J5.11. What are your State's penalties for incorrect seizures? |
None |
| J5.12. Is the second challenge administrative, judicial or both? |
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| J5.13. What are your State's appeal time frame, unique appeal requirements and recourse for non-debtor accounts? |
As enforcement is done judicially, the obligor's recourse is through the family court system. Also, the non-debtor may seek relief through the family court system. |
| J5.14. Is the Freeze and Seize operation in your state centralized or automated? |
Not centralized. Not automated. |
| J5.15. Are there additional Freeze and Seize requirements or limitations not otherwise noted in this profile? |
No |
| J5.16. Has your state established a minimum benefit amount that must be met for a financial institution to proceed with the Freeze and Seize action? |
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| J5.16.1. If yes, what is the amount? |
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| J5.17. Does your state have procedures in place to liquidate non-liquid assets (e.g., stocks, bonds, etc)? |
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| J5.17.1 If yes, please provide the state authority and the procedures Financial Institutions should follow to liquidate non-liquid assets. |
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| J5.18. Does your state law/policy instruct the Financial Institution or state to hold the frozen assets during the challenge/appeal time frame and/or freeze period? |
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| J5.19. How long does the Financial Institution have to send the obligor's assets to your state child support enforcement agency? |
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| J5.19.1 . If yes, please define. |
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| J6. Does your state withhold state funds or benefits? |
Yes |
| J6.1. If yes, is the method of withholding state benefits judicial, administrative, or both? |
Unemployment compensation. Administrative and judicial procedures. Worker's compensation, if identified. Judicial procedures. |
| J7. Please describe any other administrative enforcement procedures your state may have. |
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| J8. Please describe any other judicial enforcement procedures your state may have. |
Garnishment, statutory liens. |
| J9. If your state has established specific procedures for registering administrative liens, what are the procedures that another state must follow? |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| J10. Which of our state's enforcement remedies are available without registration? |
None. |
| J11. Describe your state's registration and enforcement procedures. |
The out-of-state order is filed with the Family Court. Notice is given to the non-registering party of the filing and of the fact that the person has twenty (20) days to request a hearing. If no request for hearing is received or if a hearing is held and the registered order is confirmed, enforcement is done in the same manner as if the order was issued in this state. |
| J12. After registration, describe additional judicial procedures required, if any, to enforce a support order. |
No additional judicial procedures are necessary to enforce the registered order. |
| J13. Has your state adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA)? |
Yes |
| J13.1. If yes, please provide the statutory citation. |
Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 636C
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| J14. Does your state's law require financial institutions doing business in your state to accept Freeze and Seize actions directly from other states? |
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| J14.1. If no, describe the process for a Freeze and Seize action from another state's IV-D agency (e.g., Transmittal #3, Transmittal #1, and list additional documentation required). |
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| J15. Does your state use credit bureau reporting as an enforcement method? |
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| J16. Provide which credit bureaus your state report an obligor's child support information? |
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| J17. Is the method for credit bureau reporting judicial, administrative or both? |
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| J18. In an interstate case, does your state report an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus when it is the initiating state, the responding state, or both? |
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| J19. What are your state's criteria for reporting an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus? |
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K. Modification and Review/Adjustment |
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| K1. With what frequency are reviews conducted in IV-D cases (e.g., every year, every three years)? |
Reviews are only conducted upon receipt of a request. |
| K2. On what basis are the reviews conducted (e.g., on request of the CP, NCP in non-TANF cases, automatically in TANF cases)? |
Both CP and NCP can request a review in TANF and non-TANF cases. |
| K3. Briefly describe your State's modification procedure. |
When a request is received with complete information, a notice of review is sent to both parties. After 30 days, a proposed administrative order is generated if there is a change in the amount of support to be paid, or a notice of no change is generated. The proposed administrative order or the notice of no change is served upon both parties. The parties are given 30 days to request a hearing. If no request for hearing is received, the order is filed with the court and enforcement action takes place. If a hearing is requested, one is scheduled and appropriate action is taken after the issue of the modification is decided. |
| K4. What are your criteria for modification (e.g., $50 or 20% from present order)? |
10%. |
| K5. Which of the following criteria for demonstrating a change in circumstances apply, if any? |
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| K5.1. The earnings of the obligor have substantially increased or decreased. |
Yes |
| K5.2. The earnings of the obligee have substantially increased or decreased. |
Yes |
| K5.3. The needs of a party or the child(ren) have substantially increased or decreased. |
Yes |
| K5.4. The cost of living as measured by the Federal Bureau of Vital Statistics has changed. |
No |
| K5.5. The child(ren) have extraordinary medical expenses not covered by insurance. |
Yes |
| K5.6. There has been a substantial change in child care expenses. |
Yes |
| K5.7. What other criteria does your state use for demonstrating a change in circumstances or comments regarding change of circumstances? |
The need for health insurance coverage, adoption of modifications to the child support guidelines, a 10% change in the support amount. |
| K6. Does your State have cost of living adjustments (COLAs)? |
No |
| K6.1. If so, what index does your State use? |
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| K7. How does your state credit SSA disability to current and past due support? |
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| K8. Does your state abate support? For example, when the child is not living with the custodial parent for more than 30 days and there has not been a change in custody, or when the noncustodial parent is in prison, etc. |
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| K8.1. If so, please explain the situation? |
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| K8.2. What is the statutory cite for your abatement law? |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| K8.3. What documents are required for each type of referral other than UIFSA referrals? For example, pay records and certifications for TANF, etc. |
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| K8.4. Please provide information to obtain copies of paternity acknowledgements/affidavits and birth records, including where to make requests and the cost of processing the requests. |
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| K9. What information is required to register an out-of-state order for enforcement/modification? |
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L. Lump Sum Payments |
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| L1. Does your state define a lump sum payment? |
No |
| L1.1 If yes, please provide your state's definition. (Be specific, i.e., severance pay, incentives, relocation lump sum payments, ect)? |
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| L1.2 Provide the statutory citation. |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| L2. Does your state law require employers to report lump sum payments? |
No |
| L2.1 If yes, please provide the statutory citation or rule requiring employers to report this information. |
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| L3. Are employers required to report lump sums for all income withholding orders (including cases with no arrears)? |
No |
| L3.1 If yes, what is the threshold amount at which a lump sum payment must be reported? |
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| L4. How are employers instructed to report a pending lump sum? |
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| L5. Provide the timeframe within which the child support enforcement agency must respond to the employer with instructions for attaching the lump sum. |
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| L6. How long must the employer hold the lump sum before releasing the payment to the custodial parent? |
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| L7. Does your state use the income withholding order to attach the lump sum payment? |
No |
| L7.1 If yes, is it noted on the original order or is it sent specifically to cover the lump sum? |
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| L8. Does your state use the lien/levy process to attach the lump sum payment? |
No |
| L8.1 If yes, what is the name of the document your state uses to attach lump sum payment? |
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| L9. What other documents does your state use to attach lump sum payments? |
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| L10. Does your state require the consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) limits to be applied to lump sum payments? |
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| L10.1 If yes, what are those limits? |
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| L10.2 If no, what percentage is the employer required to withhold? |
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| L11 If an employer pays the lump sum in addition to regular wages, in a single payment, would the CCPA limits apply? |
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| L11.1 If yes, would the employer only withhold for that period's obligation? |
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