STAND. COM. REP. NO.  453-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1504

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1504 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Require the family court to issue a separate child support order for each child; and

(2)  Automatically terminate child support payments for a child when the obligee is no longer eligible to receive child support payments, as required by law.

Several concerned individuals testified in favor of this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General and several concerned individuals opposed the bill.

     Your Committee notes the concerns of the Attorney General and has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying that unless specified otherwise, all child support orders are presumed to apply on a per child basis;

(2)  Deleting the phrase "as provided by law" with regard to termination of a child support order because the support order itself shall dictate when the order is terminated;

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion; and

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1504, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1504, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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MELE CARROLL, Chair