Parker

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Respondent Robert Ainsworth (Father) was born in the State of Washington, entered active duty with the Navy in February 2001, and retired 20 years and one month later. He currently lives in Key West, Florida. Appellant Tiffany Parker was born in Bakersfield, moved to Hawaii in 2013, and met Father in 2016 while he was serving in the Navy. In June 2017, their son was born in Honolulu. Legal proceedings addressing child support and custody have been filed in Hawaii, California and Florida. In January 2018, a Hawaii family court approved the parties’ stipulation addressing custody, visitation, child support, and paternity. The stipulation gave Mother legal and physical custody of their son, provided Father with reasonable visitation as agreed by the parties, required Father to provide health insurance coverage, set child support at $1,662.40 per month, and required Father to mail all payments to the Child Support Enforcement Agency (Hawaii CSEA) at a post office box in Honolulu. On August 30, 2018, Mother initiated Kern County Superior Court case No. BFL- 18-003913 by filing a Judicial Council form FL-580 (Registration of Out-of-State Custody Order) that…