Chapter 583A

§583A-101 Official name for this law

§583A-102 Definitions for Child Custody Law

§583A-103 Adoptions and emergency medical care are not covered

§583A-104 Application to Indian tribes

§583A-105 International application of this chapter

§583A-106 When a child custody decision is final

§583A-107 Priority for jurisdiction questions

§583A-108 How to give notice to people outside Hawaii

§583A-109 Protection from lawsuits for appearing in a custody case

§583A-110 How courts in different states can talk to each other

§583A-111 Taking testimony from another state

§583A-112 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

§583A-201 When Hawaii can decide child custody first

§583A-202 When a Hawaii court keeps authority over a child custody case

§583A-203 When Hawaii can change another state's custody order

§583A-204 Emergency child custody orders when a child is in danger

§583A-205 Notice and hearing before a custody decision

§583A-206 When Hawaii courts must wait for another state's custody case

§583A-207 When Hawaii can refuse to hear a child custody case

§583A-208 When Hawaii can refuse to hear a child custody case because of bad conduct

§583A-209 What parents must tell the court in a custody case

§583A-210 Appearing in court for child custody cases

§583A-301 Who is a petitioner and who is a respondent

§583A-302 Enforcing a return order under the Hague Convention

§583A-303 When Hawaii must enforce another state's custody order

§583A-304 Temporary enforcement of another state's visitation order

§583A-305 Registering an out-of-state custody order

§583A-306 Enforcing a registered child custody order

§583A-307 What happens when two states are handling the same case

§583A-308 How to ask a court to enforce a child custody order

§583A-309 How to deliver the petition and order

§583A-310 Hearing and order

§583A-311 Getting a warrant to take a child into custody

§583A-312 Costs, fees, and expenses

§583A-313 Recognition and enforcement of another state's custody order

§583A-314 Appealing a child custody order

§583A-315 When state lawyers can help find or return a child

§583A-316 Role of law enforcement

§583A-317 When the other side must pay your legal costs