ยง287-19 - Installment payment of judgment; default.
ยง287-19ย Installment payment of judgment;
default.ย (a)ย A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor
may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of
paying the judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and
without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may
have, may for the purposes of this chapter only so order and fix the amounts
and times of payment of the installments.
(b)ย The administrator shall not suspend a license
and shall restore any license suspended following nonpayment of a judgment,
when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains
such an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments, and while
the payment of any installment is not in default.
(c)ย If the judgment debtor fails to pay any
installment as specified by the court order, then upon notice of the default,
the administrator shall forthwith suspend the license of the judgment debtor
until the judgment is satisfied as provided in this chapter. [L 1949, c 393, pt
of ยง1; RL 1955, ยง160-97; HRS ยง287-19; am L 1980, c 84, pt of ยง1]