{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-576b-704","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 576B-704","heading":"Initiation by support enforcement agency of support proceeding under Convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the support enforcement agency of this State shall:\n\n(1) Transmit and receive applications; and\n\n(2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.\n\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n\n(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n\n(2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;\n\n(3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n\n(4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 576B‑708(b)(2), (4), or (9);\n\n(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n\n(6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n\n(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;\n\n(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n\n(3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n\n(d) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","path":["HI Code","Division 3","Title 31","Chapter 576B"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0576B/HRS_0576B-0704.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"8e0c647617da222ddcedfbe85fbdd207e1236e8d6df7f8d492b4566c1b764f0b","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-576b-703","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-576b-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}