HRS §584A-906
Court authority over surrogacy agreements
This section gives a Hawaii court exclusive authority over all issues from a surrogacy agreement, starting when the agreement is signed and ending 90 days after the child's birth. But it does not let the court handle child custody or support unless another Hawaii law already allows it.
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The statute, as written — Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction
During the period after the execution of a surrogacy agreement until ninety days after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the surrogacy agreement, a court of the State conducting a proceeding under this chapter shall have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over all matters arising out of the agreement. This section shall not give the court jurisdiction over a child custody or child support proceeding if jurisdiction is not otherwise authorized by a law of this State other than this chapter.
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