§576E-15  Guidelines to be followed.  When an administrative order establishes or modifies the amount of child support required to be paid by a party, the guidelines established under § 576D-7 shall be applied, except when exceptional circumstances warrant departure.  The most current guidelines shall be used to calculate the amount of the child support obligation.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-15

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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