HRS 0571-0048 ANNOTATIONS

Office of youth services, see chapter 352D.

Decrees and orders, see Hawaii Family Court Rules, part A(VII).

Findings by court, see HFCR rule 52.

Relationship of family court to its minor ward. 50 H. 613, 446 P.2d 561.

This section applies only to minors actually adjudicated under §571-11, and placement of a minor, prior to adjudication, is dealt with under §571-32. 84 H. 41, 928 P.2d 883.

Where runaway petition filed against minor had not been adjudicated, family court was without discretion to award legal custody of minor to department of human services pursuant to this section. 84 H. 41, 928 P.2d 883.

This section does not authorize family court to commit a person to an adult correctional facility. 86 H. 517 (App.), 950 P.2d 701.