HRS §583A-317
When the other side must pay your legal costs
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you are the respondent in a case under this law and you do not win, the court can make you pay the costs and expenses that the attorney general, county prosecutor, or police officers spent on the case. This only applies if you lose.
The statute, as written — Costs and expenses
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.
If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the attorney general or county prosecuting attorney, as appropriate, and law enforcement officers under section 583A-315 or 583A-316.
Sections this one refers to
§583A-315 When state lawyers can help find or return a child
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