The agency shall serve a notice of administrative proceedings and notice of financial responsibility upon the parties prior to the issuance of an order under this chapter. Where applicable, notice shall contain the following:

(1) A copy or statement of the order proposed to be entered;

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 576E-5

  • 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
  • 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
  • Hearings officer: means a public official appointed and commissioned pursuant to § 576E-10. 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.
  • 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
(2) A statement that the parties are entitled to an administrative hearing before an impartial hearings officer to contest the entry of the order together with an explanation of the procedure for requesting a hearing;
(3) A statement of rights at the hearing together with an explanation of defenses or objections which may be considered by the hearings officer;
(4) A statement of the legal authority under which the hearing is to be held;
(5) A statement that the property of the parties may be seized or that the income of the parties may be withheld for payment of support;
(6) A statement that information relating to the parties’ nonpayment of support may be made available to credit-reporting agencies;
(7) A statement that child and spousal support shall be payable by an order for immediate income withholding which shall be entered concurrently with the administrative order pursuant to § 576E-16;
(8) A statement that parties have the right to request judicial review of a final order of a hearings officer pursuant to § 576E-13;
(9) A statement that an administrative determination of a support obligation creates a judgment by operation of law upon filing of the order at the family court and as such is entitled to full faith and credit in any other state or jurisdiction.

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