2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 31. FAMILY
576B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
576B-301 Proceedings under this chapter.

§576B-301 Proceedings under this chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

(b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:

(1) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to Article 4;

(2) Enforcement of a support order and income withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to Article 5;

(3) Registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to Article 6;

(4) Modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this State pursuant to Article 2, part II;

(5) Registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to Article 6;

(6) Determination of parentage pursuant to Article 7; and

(7) Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to Article 2, part I.

(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1]