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Child Support Reference Guide

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This reference guide identifies selected sources on child support in Hawai‘i. Resources listed in this guide are available at all of the court libraries in the Hawai‘i State Law Library System, unless otherwise noted. This finding aid is not exhaustive, and is meant to be used as a starting point for research on this topic.

Notes: The information in brackets [ ] indicates the call number. SCLL=Supreme Court Law Library on O‘ahu, 2d=Maui, 3d=Hilo, K=Kona, 5^th=Kaua‘i
The Library staff is prohibited by law from giving legal advice. Please consult an attorney if you need such services.

Primary Sources (Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Cases)

1. Chapters 576B, 576D, 576E Child Support; Chapter 580 Annulment, Divorce & Separation published in:
   

   • Hawai‘i Revised Statutes
     [KFH30 1993 A22]

   • Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Annotated
     [KFH30 A4]

2. Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter IV, Part D Child Support & Establishment of Paternity published in:
   

   • United States Code [KF62 2000 A2]
     Available at SCLL

   • United States Code Annotated [KF65 U5]
     Available at SCLL, 2d, 3d, 5th

   • United States Code Service [KF65 U8]

3. Title 5, Dept. of the Attorney General, Subtitle 3 Chapters 31 & 34 – Child Support Enforcement in:
   

   • Hawai‘i Administrative Rules
     [RefRm KFH35 A2 Title 5]
     Available at SCLL

4. Hawai‘i Family Court Rules in:
   

   • Hawai‘i Rules of Court [KFH529 A2]

   • Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Annotated: Court Rules Annotated [KFH30 A4 Rules]

   • Hawai‘i Court Rules - State [KFH529 W52]

5. Hawai‘i. Family Court of the First Circuit.
   Amended Child Support Guidelines (effective October 1, 2004)
   [DESK KFH104.8 A2]
   Available at SCLL

6. Hawai‘i. Family Court.
   Pro Se Instructions for Appeals From the Administrative Orders of the Office of Child Support Hearings in the Family Court of the First Circuit State of Hawai‘i. 1994.
   [DESK KFH104.8 H29]
   Available at SCLL

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Secondary Sources

1. Encyclopedias:
   

   • American Jurisprudence, 2d.
     [KF154 A42]
          Subject Heading: Divorce & Separation

   • Corpus Juris Secundum
     [KF154 C81]
          Subject Heading: Divorce

   • Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
     [REF KF387 G13]
     Available at SCLL
          Subject Heading: Family Law, Child Support/Custody

2. Manuals:
   

   • Dobbs, Marion F. Determining Child and Spousal Support. West Group, 1997. [KF549 D65 1995]
     Available at SCLL

   • Hawai‘i Divorce Manual, edited by William C. Darrah, Hawai‘i State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2000. [KFH100 H30 2000]

3. Finding Aids/Indexes:
   

   • Hawai‘i Digest [KFH57 H31] and Westlaw
          Topic: Child support
          Key Numbers: §§1-669, 76ek1-669

   • Hawai‘i CARD Network (Select SCLL)
          Keywords: Child support, Divorce

   • LegalTrac (electronic periodical index)
          Subject search terms: Child support-laws, regulations & rules; Support-domestic relations; Desertion & non-support-remedies

   • American Law Reports [KF132 A47]
          Digest: Divorce and separation, Custody and support of children

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Internet Resources

• Zimmerman’s Research Guide
  Look under the topic of “Family Law”.

• Nolo.com
  Click on the “Family Law & Immigration” tab. Click “Divorce & Child Custody” then “Child Support.” (There is also a helpful legal glossary.)

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Agencies & Organizations

1. Judiciary’s Ho‘okele Court Navigation Program
   

   • Family Court Service Center
     777 Punchbowl Street, Second Fl.
     Honolulu, HI 96813
     (808) 539-4629 or (808) 539-4630

   • 2nd Circuit Court Service Center
     2145 Main Street
     Wailuku, HI 96793
     (808) 244-2706

2. Department of the Attorney General Child Support Enforcement Agency
   601 Kamokila Boulevard, Suite 251
   Kapolei, HI 96707
   (808) 692-8265
   (888) 317-9081 (Neighbor Islands)

3. Department of the Attorney General Office of Child Support Hearings
   601 Kamokila Boulevard, Suite 436
   Kapolei, HI 96707
   (808) 692-7110

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Electronic Resources

These resources are available for public use at the Hawai‘i State Law Libraries at no charge. Printing is 15¢ per page.

• HeinOnline: Provides full text articles from more than 1000 legal periodicals with coverage from the inception of each journal through the current year. Searchable database.
• LegalTrac: An electronic periodical index that uses keywords and subject headings to search for law review and legal journal articles.
• Premise: A CD-ROM database available for searching Hawai‘i and federal cases, Hawai‘i laws and court rules, and legal encyclopedias.
• Shepard’s: Used to determine whether a case, statute, or regulation is “good law” and provides references to later cases and other legal resources. You must have a legal citation, not a case name, already in hand to use this service.
• Westlaw: A web-based electronic database used to find federal and 50-states cases, court rules, administrative regulations, and selected law review articles.

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