Chapter 571

§571-1 Family courts help children and families in trouble

§571-2 Definitions for the family court law

§571-3 Family courts are part of the circuit courts

§571-4 Who serves as family court judges in each circuit

§571-5 Board of Family Court Judges: Role and Duties

§571-6 Who works for the family court and what they do

§571-8 District family courts and judges

§571-8.1 Who can be a district family judge and how long they serve

§571-8.2 Pay for district family court judges

§571-8.3 When another judge can fill in for a family court judge

§571-8.4 Family court judges can assign cases to district family judges

§571-8.5 What family court judges can do

§571-11 Family court authority over children

§571-12 Transfer from other courts

§571-13 Court can keep a case after a minor turns 18

§571-14 Family court's power over adult cases

§571-21 Starting a family court case about a child

§571-22 Waiver of jurisdiction; transfer to other courts

§571-22.5 Appealing a Waiver of Jurisdiction Order

§571-23 Court summons and notice for a child's case

§571-24 What happens if you ignore a court summons

§571-31 Taking children into custody; release; notice

§571-31.1 Rules for Detaining a Minor for Community Safety or Welfare

§571-31.2 What happens when a child is first referred to juvenile court

§571-31.3 Voluntary help for families with child issues

§571-31.4 Informal adjustment for law violators

§571-31.5 Informal help for status offenders before court

§571-31.6 Informal adjustment for a child who is both a law violator and a status offender

§571-31.8 Kids must talk to a lawyer before police questioning

§571-32 Rules for holding and releasing minors in juvenile detention

§571-32.1 Court-arranged housing for children

§571-33 Where children are held while waiting for court

§571-34 Criminal history record checks

§571-41 How children's court hearings are run

§571-41.1 Bringing back minors who fled Hawaii after a crime

§571-41.2 Returning minors who fled to Hawaii

§571-42 How Family Court Handles Adult Criminal Cases

§571-43 Additional remedies not pleaded

§571-44 Physical or mental examination and treatment

§571-45 Court checks and reports before deciding a juvenile case

§571-46 How courts decide child custody and visitation

§571-46.1 Joint Custody Rules for Parents and Courts

§571-46.2 Court can order counseling and parenting classes in custody cases

§571-46.3 Grandparents' Visitation Rights: Petition, Notice, and Court Orders

§571-46.4 Who can be a child custody evaluator and how to complain about them

§571-46.5 Parenting plans

§571-46.6 Disability Cannot Be the Only Reason to Deny Custody

§571-47 Determining who a child's parents are when the child was born to married parents

§571-48 What the court can order after a child is found to be under its jurisdiction

§571-48.5 Probation supervision requirements

§571-48.6 Earned discharge from probation

§571-50 Changing or Reopening a Court Order About a Child

§571-51 Paying for a minor's court-ordered care or treatment

§571-51.5 Changing child support or visitation orders

§571-52 Court-ordered wage withholding for child or spouse support

§571-52.2 Automatic income withholding for overdue child support

§571-52.3 Immediate income withholding for child support

§571-52.5 Rules for Setting Child Support Amounts

§571-52.6 Child support orders must include insurance and contact rules

§571-52.7 Getting costs and lawyer fees for enforcing child support

§571-53 Who can sign court papers

§571-54 Appeals from family court

§571-55 Swearing under penalty of perjury in family court

§571-56 Lying under oath is a crime

§571-57 Penalty for false statements under penalty of perjury

§571-61 How to end parental rights in Hawaii

§571-62 Hearing and investigation process

§571-63 What a court must decide and do in a parental rights termination case

§571-71 Police chiefs may create a juvenile crime prevention bureau

§571-72 Police duties for juvenile cases and clearing arrest records

§571-73 Family courts keep all their powers; police get extra duties

§571-74 Family court rules for police handling of minors

§571-81 Contempt of court

§571-82 Where the court holds its sessions

§571-83 No court fees for certain family court cases

§571-84 Who can see juvenile court and police records

§571-84.5 Social security numbers in family court records

§571-84.6 When a minor's court records and hearings are public

§571-85 Probation officers' police powers and special appointments

§571-86 Officials must help courts with child and family cases

§571-86.5 State and local teams coordinate services for high-need youth

§571-87 How court-appointed lawyers and guardians get paid

§571-88 Clearing a juvenile's arrest record

§571-89 Family court annual report requirements

§571-91 Who counts as a deploying parent and what deployment means

§571-92 When this part of the law applies

§571-93 Parents must share information about deployment and custody

§571-94 Custody hearings for deployed parents by phone or video

§571-95 Deployment and custody orders

§571-96 Visitation and contact during military deployment

§571-97 Letting someone else visit your child while you are deployed