Documents Checklist
For Uncontested Divorce (with children)
This is just a checklist. For instructions on how to fill out and file the documents, please refer to the
INSTRUCTIONS that accompany this checklist. In this checklist, “You” are the Plaintiff, and the “Defendant” is your spouse.

A. FIRST: File these at the Legal Documents Branch of the First Circuit
Take these documents to the Legal Documents Branch located on the first floor of the Ronald T.Y. Moon Kapolei
Courthouse, 4675 Kapolei Parkway or the first floor of Ka‘ahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street. A Court clerk will file-stamp each document, keep the original for the Court’s file, and return the copies to you. Applicable filing fees are due at this time.
NAME OF DOCUMENT

How Many Signed by

‘

COMPLAINT FOR
DIVORCE

Original
+
3 copies

‘

SUMMONS TO
ANSWER COMPLAINT
FOR DIVORCE

Original (Court
+
clerk will
3 copies sign) ‘

MATRIMONIAL ACTION
INFORMATION

Original
+
1 copy

‘

NOTICE TO ATTEND
KIDS FIRST

Original (Court clerk will
+
sign)
2 copies

You

Comments

Filing this at the Legal Documents Branch of the Court starts the divorce process. The Court clerk will assign a Case
Number. Fill in this number on the other documents that you that you will file later.
Staple a copy behind each copy of the Complaint for Divorce before you take them to be filed.

You

After the Court clerk fills in the case number, the Court clerk will assign a date for you and your spouse to attend the Kids
First Program.

If your spouse will not sign an Appearance and Waiver, you must properly serve the Complaint for
Divorce, Summons to Answer Complaint for Divorce and Notice to Attend Kids First on him/her and file one of the following:

‘

PROOF OF SERVICE
OR

‘

MOTION FOR SERVICE
BY MAIL AND
DECLARATION;
ORDER FOR SERVICE
BY MAIL

Original
+
2 copies

Original
+
2 copies

This document must be completed by the person who delivers the Complaint for Divorce, Summons to Answer Complaint, and Notice to Attend Kids First to your spouse. It cannot be file-stamped by the Court clerk until the person who served the document completes filling it out.
You

If your spouse lives off-island, you can send the Complaint for
Divorce, Summons to Answer Complaint, and Notice to Attend
Kids First by certified, registered mail or return receipt requested, restricted delivery. This form asks for the Court’s permission for you to do so. You must complete this document and submit it to Judicial Services at Window # 5 on the First
Floor of the Ronald T.Y. Moon Kapolei Courthouse.

In accordance with the Am ericans with Disabilities Act and other applicable state and federal laws, if you require a reasonable accom m odation for a disability, please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Chief Adm inistrator at PHONE NO.
954-8200, FAX 954-8308, or TTY 539-4853 at least ten (10) working days prior to your hearing or appointm ent date.

Please call the Family Court Service Center at 954-8290 if you have any questions about forms or procedures.
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B. NEXT: Fill in the Case Number and file at the Legal Documents Branch:
NAME OF DOCUMENT

‘
‘
‘

How Many

Signed by

INCOME AND EXPENSE
STATEMENT OF PLAINTIFF

Original
+
3 copies

You

ASSET AND DEBT
STATEMENT OF PLAINTIFF
(or BOTH PARTIES)

Original You (and
+
Spouse
3 copies if for Both
Parties)

Comments

These documents must be dated 60 days current of the date you place your case on the calendar.
You and your spouse may prepare and sign a joint
Asset and Debt Statement.

Original
INCOME AND EXPENSE
+
STATEMENT OF DEFENDANT 3 copies

Spouse

Original
ASSET AND DEBT
+
STATEMENT OF DEFENDANT 3 copies

Spouse

CHILD SUPPORT
GUIDELINES WORKSHEET

Original
+
3 copies

You and
Spouse

‘

SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT
RE DIRECT PAYMENT
OF CHILD SUPPORT
(OPTIONAL)

Use this document only if you elect to have child
Original Payor of
+
child support support payments sent directly to the recipient and if
3 copies the payor of child support can meet the required conditions. This document must be signed before a notary public.

‘

APPEARANCE AND WAIVER
WORKSHEET

Original
+
3 copies

Spouse

Your spouse must receive a file-stamped copy of the
Complaint for Divorce, Summons to Answer Complaint for Divorce, and Notice to Attend Kids First, and sign a completed Divorce Decree before your spouse can sign this document.

Original
+
3 copies

Process server If the Complaint for Divorce, Summons to Answer
Complaint for Divorce, and Notice to Attend Kids First were delivered to your spouse by someone (for instance, a sheriff), that person who delivered the documents must fill this out and sign it before you can have it file-stamped.

Original
+
3 copies

You

If you served the Motion for Service by Mail and
Declaration; Order for Service by Mail, Complaint for
Divorce and Summons to Answer Complaint for
Divorce on your spouse by mail, complete this document when you receive the return receipt.

‘
‘

OR

‘

PROOF OF SERVICE
OR

‘

STATEMENT OF MAILING

If your spouse did not complete these forms, you must tell this to the Court in your Affidavit of Plaintiff, paragraph 10c.

Your spouse must sign this unless you are seeking a divorce by default. See page 11 of the Instructions for an explanation of the default process

C. LAST: Fill in the Case Number and file at the Legal Documents Branch section:
NAME OF DOCUMENT

‘

AFFIDAVIT OF PLAINTIFF
(FOR UNCONTESTED
DIVORCE)

How Many

Signed by

Original
You
+
(Sign before
3 copies a notary public) Comments

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Take these documents to Judicial Services at Window # 5:

W indow # 5 is located on the first floor of the Ronald T.Y. Moon Kapolei Courthouse. They will set the date on which a Judge will review the documents. If the
Judge grants your divorce, you will receive your Divorce Decree in the mail in the envelope you provide.
NAME OF DOCUMENT

How Many Signed by

Com m ents

‘

DIVORCE DECREE
(With Children)

Original
+
3
(or up to
5) copies

You and Spouse

‘

AFFIDAVIT OF PLAINTIFF
(FOR UNCONTESTED
DIVORCE)

1 f ilestamped copy You

‘

INCOME AND EXPENSE
STATEMENT OF PLAINTIFF

1 f ilestamped copy You

‘

ASSET AND DEBT
STATEMENT OF PLAINTIFF
(or BOTH PARTIES)

1 f ilestamped copy You (and
Spouse if for Both
Parties)

‘

APPEARANCE AND WAIVER

1 f ilestamped copy Spouse

Use this if you are getting a divorce by agreement.

Process server Use this or the Statement of Mailing if you are getting a divorce by default.

You

Use this or the Proof of Service if you are getting a divorce by default.

OR

‘

PROOF OF SERVICE
OR

Your spouse’s signature is required if you are getting a divorce by agreement (and your spouse has signed an
Appearance and Waiver). Your spouse’s signature is not required if you are getting a divorce by default.

These documents must be dated 60 days current of the date on which you place your case on the calendar.

‘

STATEMENT OF MAILING

‘

INCOME AND EXPENSE
STATEMENT OF
DEFENDANT

1 f ilestamped copy Spouse

If available.

‘

ASSET AND DEBT
STATEMENT OF
DEFENDANT

1 f ilestamped copy Spouse

If available.

‘

CHILD SUPPORT
GUIDELINES WORKSHEET

1 f ilestamped copy You and Spouse

Your spouse’s signature is not required if you are seeking a divorce by default. See page 11 of the Instructions for an explanation of the default process.

‘

ORDER FOR INCOME
WITHHOLDING
OR

Original
+
5 copies

(Judge will sign)

Unless certain conditions are met, child support payments must be paid through the Child Support Enforcement
Agency by way of an Order for Income Withholding.

‘

SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT
RE: DIRECT PAYMENT
OF CHILD SUPPORT

1 f ilestamped copy Payor of child support

In certain situations, child support payments can be made directly to the custodial parent. If so, use this affidavit.

‘

STAMPED ENVELOPE,
ADDRESSED TO YOURSELF
AND
STAMPED ENVELOPE,
ADDRESSED TO YOUR
SPOUSE

1

‘

1

The Court will use these envelopes to mail you and your spouse file-stamped, certified copies of your Divorce
Decree. Make sure submit envelopes that are large enough and have enough postage for this purpose.

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Your divorce becomes final when the Divorce Decree is signed by the Judge and filed by the Court. Certified copies of the Divorce Decree will be mailed to you and your spouse in the envelopes which you provided. You can track the status of your case on the Judiciary’s web page (www.courts.state.hi.us) using the Ho‘ohiki
Program. It takes between 4 to 6 weeks for the final decree to be mailed. If your divorce is denied, the Court will mail your instructions on what needs to be done before the Court will grant your divorce.

Child Support Payments Checklist:
Do the following when you receive your file-stamped Divorce Decree from the Court.
NAME OF DOCUMENT

‘

DIVORCE DECREE
(with children)

How Many

Signed by

1 certified JUDGE copy Comments

Even if child support payments will be made directly to the recipient, you must mail (certified mail, return receipt requested) a certified copy of your Divorce
Decree to:
Child Support Enforcement Agency
P.O. Box 1860
Honolulu, HI 96805-1860

Unless certain conditions are met, child support payments must be paid through the Child Support
Enforcement Agency (CSEA). If child support payments are through the CSEA, do the following when you receive your file-stamped Divorce Decree from the Court:
NAME OF DOCUMENT

How Many

Signed by

Comments

‘

ORDER FOR INCOME
WITHHOLDING

1 certified JUDGE copy ‘

ORDER FOR INCOME
WITHHOLDING

1 certified JUDGE Mail (certified mail, return receipt requested) to the employer of the child support payor. Save the white copy Receipt for Certified Mail that the postal clerk gives you. Mail (certified mail, return receipt requested) to:
Child Support Enforcement Agency
P.O. Box 1860
Honolulu, HI 96805-1860

When you receive the green Domestic Return Receipt (signed by the employer) for the Order For Income Withholding, attach it and the white Receipt for Certified Mail to the Statement of Mailing.
NAME OF DOCUMENT

How Many

Signed by

Comments

‘

STATEMENT OF MAILING;
EXHIBITS 1 AND 2

Original
+
2 copies

You

First take the original and copies to the Legal
Documents Branch to have it file-stamped.

‘

STATEMENT OF MAILING;
EXHIBITS 1 AND 2

1 f ilestamped copy T hen m ail one of the copies to:
Child Support Enforcem ent Agency
P.O. Box 1860
Honolulu, HI 96805-1860

We highly recommend that you keep your Divorce Decree and copy of all documents you file, along with correspondence with the Child Support Enforcement Agency (including receipts, etc.), together in a safe place. These are important documents and should be treated as such.

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