HRS §580-12
Court can take property to pay family support
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗In a divorce or family case, a court can order that a spouse's property in Hawaii be taken and used to pay support for the other spouse or for minor children. This can happen even if the spouse was served notice in a way allowed by law.
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The statute, as written — Sequestration of property
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
All property within the State of a party to a matrimonial action may by order of the court be sequestered and applied to the payment of any allowance in such action by the court for the support and maintenance of either spouse or for the support, maintenance, and education of minor children, whether temporary or permanent, where service or notice has been effected by any of the methods set forth in section 580-3.
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