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HRS §576B-310

State child support office duties as information hub

This section says the child support enforcement agency is Hawaii's state information agency. It must keep lists of courts and support agencies, forward papers from other states to the right court, and find where a parent who owes support lives or has property.

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The statute, as written — Duties of child support enforcement agency as state information agency

(a) The child support enforcement agency is the state information agency under this chapter. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State that have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state; (2) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states; (3) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this State in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and (4) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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