HRS §576B-402
Parentage proceedings in Hawaii
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says Hawaii courts can act as the responding court in a parentage case under this chapter or similar laws. In such cases, the court must use Hawaii's parentage law and its choice-of-law rules. It is a narrow procedural rule.
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The statute, as written — Proceeding to determine parentage
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter. (b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this State shall apply chapter 584A and the rules of this State on choice of law.
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