STAND. COM. REP. NO. 810

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 574

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 574 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i.

Your Committee finds that currently, people who owe child support are no longer required to meet the obligations of child support orders once the child turns thirty-three of age or ten years after a judgment for the child support was rendered, whatever date is later. This allows the judgment for child support to be presumed paid or discharged after a certain period of time regardless of whether the obligor actually met their obligation. This measure ensures that people are not able to evade their child support obligations merely by the passage of time by allowing enforcement until the obligation is paid in full.

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 S.B. No. 574 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair