STAND. COM. REP. NO.  9-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 525

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 525 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address spousal support and maintenance benefit determinations by prohibiting the consideration of federal veteran disability benefits awarded to an obligor in the determination of a spousal support and maintenance benefit amount.

A concerned individual supported this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2014; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 525, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 525, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair