HRS §576B-506
How to challenge an out-of-state wage garnishment
If you owe child support and your employer gets a wage withholding order from another state, you can fight it by registering the order with a Hawaii court and filing a challenge. You must tell the support agency, your employer, and the payment recipient about your challenge.
The statute, as written — Contest by obligor
(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in Article 6, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State. (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) Each employer that has directly received an income withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) The person designated to receive payments in the income withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.
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