(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this State applies.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 576B-705

  • Application: means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576B-701
  • Convention support order: means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "foreign country" in § 576B-102. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576B-701
  • Direct request: means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this State in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 576B-701
(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 576B-706 through 576B-713 apply.
(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:

(1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and
(2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this State under the same circumstances.
(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the child support enforcement agency.
(e) This article does not prevent the application of laws of this State that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.

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