HRS §658J-23

How courts enforce confirmed arbitration awards

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This section tells courts to enforce arbitration awards that have already been confirmed, just like any other court order or judgment. It also applies to confirmed awards from other states in family law cases. The court must treat these awards the same as its own orders.

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The statute, as written — Enforcement of confirmed award

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.

(a) The court shall enforce an award confirmed under section 658J-16, including a temporary award, in the manner and to the same extent as any other order or judgment of a court. (b) The court shall enforce an arbitration award in a family law dispute confirmed by a court in another state in the manner and to the same extent as any other order or judgment from another state.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§658J-16 How to get a court to confirm an arbitration award

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