Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-2

• Administrative order: means the order resulting from an administrative adjudication by a hearings officer or the attorney general, through the agency, of the final disposition of a matter before the agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Agency: means the child support enforcement agency established by section 576D-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Arrearage: means past due child support under an existing court or administrative order. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Child support: means payment for the necessary support and maintenance of a child as required by law that includes but is not limited to spousal support when being enforced in conjunction with child support or medical support when a court or administrative order requires the debtor parent to pay an amount in lieu of providing medical insurance coverage or to reimburse for maternity and delivery expenses incurred when the debtor parent's child was born. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Court: means the family courts of this State and, when the context requires, a court or agency of any other state having jurisdiction to establish, modify, and enforce support obligations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Department: means the department of the attorney general. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Obligor: means a responsible parent obligated by court or administrative order to pay child support. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Office: means the office of child support hearings established pursuant to § 576E-10. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Order of support: means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent with whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and which may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorney's fees, and other relief. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Party: means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party, including but not limited to the custodial parent and the responsible parent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Public assistance: means any cash paid or medical assistance provided by the department of human services to or for the benefit of any dependent child, including amounts paid to or on behalf of the child's custodian. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Responsible parent: means any person who does not have physical custody of the child and who has a legal duty of support. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Spousal support: means a legally enforceable obligation assessed against an individual for the support of a spouse or a former spouse who is living with a child or children for whom the individual also owes support. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1
• Support order: means an obligation determined by a court or duly authorized administrative agency, for the maintenance of a dependent child, which is owed to or on behalf of the child, or to the parent or custodian with whom the child is living. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-1