STAND. COM. REP. NO.  69

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 897

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 897 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to reflect the requirements of the Hague Convention of the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance.  This measure provides procedures for recognition, modification, and enforcement of interstate and international child and spousal support orders and determinations of parentage as required by federal law.

The Department of the Attorney General, Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that a support order or income withholding order issued in another state, or a foreign support order, is registered and enforceable in this State upon filing in family court;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 897, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 897, 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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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair