Free Divorce Decree (With Children) (Form Only) - Hawaii

STATE OF HAWAI`I
FAMILY COURT FIRST CIRCUIT

CASE NUMBER

DIVORCE DECREE (With Children) u
PLAINTIFF (Full Name)
Plaintiff

FC-D NO.

This document is prepared by

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Defendant

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Atty. for Plaintiff

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Atty. for Defendant

_________________________________________________
Name

_________________________________________________ VS. _________________________________________________
Address

_________________________________________________ DEFENDANT (Full Name)
Presiding Judge
City, State, Zip

_________________________________________________
Phone

Date of Hearing/Review by Judge

A hearing was held before the Presiding Judge or an affidavit was submitted and the Court waived hearing on this matter. After full consideration of the evidence, the Court finds the material allegations of the Complaint for Divorce to be true. Plaintiff is entitled to a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. The Court has jurisdiction to enter this Divorce Decree. In this Divorce Decree, Plaintiff is referred to as u Husband u Wife, and Defendant is referred to as u Husband u Wife. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 1. Decree: A decree of divorce is granted to u Husband u Wife. The bonds of matrimony between Husband and Wife are hereby dissolved. The parties are restored to the status of single persons. Either party is permitted to marry after the effective date of this Divorce Decree. 2. Effective Date: This Divorce Decree is effective after it is signed and filed by the Court. 3. Alimony: u 3A. Neither party shall be required to pay alimony to the other party. (Month/Year) u 3B. Beginning with a first payment on the _____ day of ____________________________________________________ u Husband u Wife shall pay to u Husband u Wife alimony of $________________ per month, to be paid u in one amount of $___________by the _____ day of each month. u in two equal installments of $___________ by the _____ and _______ days of each month. (Mo/Day/Yr) Alimony shall continue for ____ months and terminate with the payment due _______________________________ . Alimony shall terminate upon the death of either Husband or Wife. Alimony u shall u shall not terminate upon the recipient's remarriage. 4. The parties have _____ child(ren) together: Name (first, middle, last) Date of Birth _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Custody: 5A. Legal Custody of the above-named minor child(ren) is: u Awarded to Husband u Awarded to Wife u Awarded to Husband and Wife, jointly. u Reserved for a court of competent jurisdiction.

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u Awarded to Husband with a detailed visitation/time sharing schedule to Wife as described in paragraph 6. u Awarded to Wife with a detailed visitation/time sharing schedule to Husband as described paragraph 6. u Awarded to Husband and Wife, jointly, with a visitation/time sharing schedule as described in paragraph 6B below. u Reserved for a court of competent jurisdiction.

Physical Custody of the above-named minor child(ren) is:

6. Visitation/Time Sharing Schedule shall be as follows: u 6A. The parties shall arrange reasonable visitation. u 6B. Visitation/time sharing schedule shall be as follows: ____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 6C. Supervised visitation: ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 6D. There shall be no visitation until further order of the Family Court. X 7. u Unless specified in paragraph 24 of this decree, Husband and Wife shall keep each other informed of his/her residence address and telephone number for so long as any child of the parties is a minor and for so long thereafter as there is a support order. 8. Child Support: u 8A. Beginning with the first payment on the _______ day of_____________________, Husband shall pay to Wife for the support of the parties' child(ren) $ __________ per child, for a total of $ ____________ per month. u 8B. Beginning with the first payment on the_______ day of_____________________, Wife shall pay to Husband for the support of the parties' child(ren) $ __________ per child, for a total of $ ____________ per month. u 8C. Child support is reserved for a court of competent jurisdiction. X u 8D. Payments of child support shall continue for each child until the child attains the age of eighteen years, or graduates from high school, or discontinues high school, whichever occurs last. Child support shall further continue uninterrupted (including during regular school vacation periods) until the age of 23 as long as the child continues his or her education post-high school on a full-time basis at an accredited college or university or in a vocational or trade school. X u 8E. The Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) is made a party for the limited issue of child support. 9. Method of Child Support Payment ( Check either 9a OR 9b): u 9A. All payments shall be made payable to and through the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA), P.O. Box 1860, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96805-1860, and pursuant to the Order of Income Withholding which shall be filed with this decree. u 9B. Direct Payment u Child support payments shall be paid by Husband directly to Wife. u Child support payments shall be paid by Wife directly to Husband. X In all direct payment cases, either Husband or Wife may void the direct payment arrangement at any time and apply u for services from the CSEA to receive payments through the agency. If the child(ren) of the parties receive(s) public assistance from the Department of Human Services, foster care payments or Social Security or if either parent applies to the CSEA, CSEA may immediately void a direct payment arrangement by sending notice by regular mail to both parents at their last known addresses as set forth in this Divorce Decree. 10. Post-High School Education Support: u 10A. Husband shall pay ____% and Wife shall pay ____% of the educational expenses of the child(ren) for so long as the child(ren) is/are a full-time student at an accredited college or university or vocational or trade school and under the age of 23.
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u 10B. For payment of expenses related to the child(ren) attending private school see paragraph 24 below. X u 10C. For these purposes, educational expenses shall be defined to include tuition, fees and the costs of necessary books and other
course materials. 11. Child Health Care: For so long as Husband or Wife has an obligation to pay child support and/or educational support: u 11A. Husband shall maintain medical and dental insurance for the benefit of the child(ren). u 11B. Wife shall maintain medical and dental insurance for the benefit of the child(ren). u 11C. Husband shall pay the medical and dental expenses of the child(ren) not paid by insurance up to $_________________ per calendar year. Any additional medical and dental expenses not covered by insurance shall be paid ____ % by Husband and ____ % by Wife. u 11D. Wife shall pay the medical and dental expenses of the child(ren) not paid by insurance up to $_________________ per calendar year. Any additional medical and dental expenses not covered by insurance shall be paid ____ % by Husband and ____ % by Wife. 12. Life Insurance for the Benefit of Child(ren): u 12A. Husband shall maintain life insurance on his life with a minimum death benefit of $ __________ for the benefit of the child(ren) so long as there is a child support and/or educational support obligation. u 12B. Wife shall maintain life insurance on her life with a minimum death benefit of $ __________ for the benefit of the child(ren) so long as there is a child support and/or educational support obligation. X u 12C. If Husband or Wife dies without the required insurance, Husband's or Wife's estate shall be liable to the child(ren) to the extent that the required insurance was not maintained. Such obligation on the part of Husband's or Wife's estate shall be accorded the highest possible priority. X 13. u All provisions in paragraphs 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are subject to further order of the court.

14. Bank Savings, Checking, Credit Union Accounts and Securities (Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, etc.): u 14A. There are none. u 14B. Each is awarded those titled in their name alone. u 14C. Husband is awarded: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 14D. Wife is awarded: ________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 15. Vehicles (Autos, Trucks, Motorcycles, Trailers, Campers, Boats, etc.): u 15A. There are none. u 15B. Each party is awarded the vehicles titled in their name alone. u 15C. Husband is awarded: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 15D. Wife is awarded: ________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . X u 15E. Necessary transfer documents shall be signed no later than ten days following the filing of this Divorce Decree. If either party fails to do so, the Director of Finance of the City and County of Honolulu is authorized and directed to transfer the ownership of vehicle(s) if requested to do so.

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16. Real Property: u 16A. Neither party owns any interest of any kind in any real property. u 16B. The real property shall be divided as follows: _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 17. Life Insurance: u 17A. There is none. u 17B. Each party is awarded the life insurance policy(ies) now held on his/her life, together with any cash value therein and subject to any debt thereon. u 17C. The life insurance shall be divided as follows: _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 18. Retirement Accounts/Benefits: u 18A. There are none. u 18B. Each party shall keep their own. u 18C. The retirement accounts/benefits of the parties shall be divided as follows: __________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 19. All Other Assets (Personal Belongings, Furniture, Household Effects, Art, Stamps, Coins, Tools, Equipment, Jewelry, Accounts Receivable, Investment Assets, Business Assets, Cemetary Plots or Niches, Tax Refunds Due, etc.): u 19A. Each party is awarded the personal belongings and the household effects in his/her possession. u 19B. Husband is awarded: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 19C. Wife is awarded: ________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 20. All Outstanding Debts: u 20A. Each party shall pay all of the credit card and other debt, if any, now in his/her name alone. u 20B. There are no joint debts. u 20C. Husband shall pay: ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 20D. Wife shall pay: _________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 21. Name Change: u 21A. Wife shall resume the use of her u birth surname u former married name and shall be known hereafter as (first, middle, last name) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . u 21B. Husband shall resume the use of his u birth surname u former married name and shall be known hereafter as (first, middle, last name) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ . 22. u There is a supplemental order filed concurrently with this Divorce Decree.
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23. u Failure of Party to Perform: If either party fails to execute any document in compliance with this decree, the other party may submit a motion to the Court, requesting that the Court appoint the Chief Clerk of the Court to execute said document on behalf of the non-compliant party. Said motion may be done without further notice to the non-compliant party. Such execution by the Chief Clerk shall have the same effect as if executed by the non-compliant party. 24. Other:

Date

Judge

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:

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__________________________________________ Signature of Plaintiff SS#: ______________________________________ Address: ___________________________________ __________________________________________ Employer's Name and Address: _________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Date Plaintiff Signed Decree: ___________________

X __________________________________________ Signature of Defendant SS# ______________________________________ Address: __________________________________ __________________________________________ Employer's Name and Address: ________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Date Defendant Signed Decree: ________________

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

X

__________________________________________ Signature of Attorney for Plaintiff Name: _____________________________________

X __________________________________________ Signature of Attorney for Defendant Name: ____________________________________

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