§346-33  Assistance payments inalienable. Assistance payments and compensation paid by the department of human servicesto blind persons and other persons for work performed in their homes or inworkshops shall be inalienable by any assignment, sale, attachment,garnishment, execution, or otherwise. [L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4838;RL 1955, §108-19; HRS §346-33; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4]

 

Case Notes

 

  Money received as AFDC grant is exempt from execution byjudgment creditors.  431 F. Supp. 1369.

  Section does not prevent payment of portions of funds toattorneys for plaintiffs in class action.  64 H. 345, 641 P.2d 1321.