HRS §571-8.2
Pay for district family court judges
District family court judges earn the same salary as district court judges. If the chief justice temporarily assigns one to serve as a circuit court judge, they get daily pay for the days they actually work, based on a circuit judge's monthly pay. A month is treated as 21 days for this daily pay.
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The statute, as written — Salary of district family judges
The salary of each district family court judge of the various district family courts of the State shall be the same as that of district court judges under section 604-2.5. Whenever the chief justice appoints a district family court judge of any of the various district family courts of the State to serve temporarily as a circuit court judge of any of the various circuit courts of the State, the judge shall receive per diem compensation for the days on which actual service is rendered based on the monthly rate of compensation paid to a circuit court judge. For the purpose of determining per diem compensation in this section, a month shall be deemed to consist of twenty-one days.
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