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HRS §353-22.8

Child support payments from inmate trust accounts

This section says the corrections director must follow court orders to take child support from an inmate's trust account. If the account gets $15 or less in new deposits that month, no payment is taken. If it gets more than $15, at most 30% of the new deposits can be taken for child support.

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The statute, as written — Orders for payment of child support

The director of corrections and rehabilitation shall comply with orders for payment of child support from inmate individual trust accounts to the child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 571-52, 571-52.2, 576D - 14, or 576E-16, this section, or chapter 576B. When the total of all new deposits and credits to the inmate's individual trust account in a given month is less than or equal to $15, no payment shall be made for child support that month out of the trust account. When the total of all new deposits and credits to the inmate's individual trust account in a given month exceeds $15, no more than thirty per cent of the total new deposit or credit to the individual's trust account shall be paid for child support out of the account for that month.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§571-52 Court-ordered wage withholding for child or spouse support

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