HRS §576D-4
Agency must establish paternity for child support
When needed to get child support, the agency must take legal or administrative steps to establish who the father is. It acts for the State, the child, the custodial parent, or anyone else it must help with child support.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Establishment of paternity
When necessary to obtain child support for a child under section 576D-3, the agency shall take any legal or administrative action to establish the paternity of the child. The agency shall undertake the action on behalf of the State, child, custodial parent of the child, or any other person for whom the agency has a duty to obtain or enforce a child support order.
Sections this one refers to
§576D-3 Child support agency's duty to get or enforce support orders
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