Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-3

• Agency: means the child support enforcement agency established by section 576D-2. 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
• 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.
• Office: means the office of child support hearings established pursuant to § 576E-10. 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